alleryStart learning →About 78 percent of the air around Earth is which gas?
ACarbon dioxide
BNitrogen gas
COxygen gas
DWater vapour
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Nitrogen gas
Nitrogen makes up roughly 78 percent of the atmosphere, far more than oxygen.
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