Question

What is one way that life on Earth is dependent upon the atmosphere ?

The atmosphere contains the habitat for fish and other marine animals.

The atmosphere creates oxygen that animals breathe.

The atmosphere provides certain gases that organisms need to live.

The atmosphere contains the habitat for all living things on Earth.

Answer 1

Answer:

Gases in the atmosphere also hold in heat. The Earth's average temperatures would fall below the freezing point of water without atmospheric gases to hold enough heat. The balance between blocked radiation and radiation allowed to reach the Earth makes life possible.