Can you rank (highest to lowest) these elements, when not combined in a molecule, in the order of their average abundance in the atmosphere of the earth?

You should say whether it is increasing or decreasing order

Guessed correctly

Total guess guess what , it was the right one 😂

Doesn't oxygen and nitrogen exist in molecular form in the atmosphere? If my memory serves me right, two atoms of oxygen combine to form a molecule of oxygen.

Only read half the question, then picked one out at random without reading the answers. Fluked it!!!

Yes I can. Chemical gas specialist before retirement.

Not Trivia and could you have composed a more complicated question that no one in their right mind would ever consider it to be a "trivia" question...rolls my eyes...next time please look up the meaning of "Trivia" when you decided to compose a question which "is" of value in our life triv·i·a /ˈtrivēə/Submit Learn to pronounce noun details, considerations, or pieces of information of little importance or value.

This is not trivia!

No I can't.

Chris Braun, Your Chemistry is all wrong. Completely wrong.

Fat fingered that one!

H is very small so even if there was a lot it wouldn't count for much. It is also very reactive and flammable. Plus, if there were a bunch of free floating hydrogen ions the atmosphere would be acidic

You gotta figure that the world doesn't blow up when you light a match, leaving only nitrogen and helium to be the most abundant. Since helium isn't a first choice, you are left with nitrogen. For the second most abundant, oxygen is 16× heavier than hydrogen so it's a no-brainer

I just closed my eyes and picked. I am awful @science

I would have thought that given theamount of water on earth and in the air plus free floating ions there would have been more H but I knew that there was lots of N.