• Question: Does England have differant air to differant countries? (Asked Rehana)

    Asked by 888cmte47 to Cat?, Elaine, Helena, Iain, Gabriel on 11 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Olusegun Gabriel Fawole

      Olusegun Gabriel Fawole answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      NO!. Every where on our planet have the same air. But little difference in the level of some pollutants people emit into the air.

    • Photo: Cat Scott ?

      Cat Scott ? answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      Hey Rehana ,

      We all have the same air, but it swirls around the planet and gets blown to different places. ? This means that sometimes when we emit pollution in England, it will get blown over other coutries like Norway and Sweden and can affect the pollution in those countries ?. Air can get blown all the way from America to England too!

    • Photo: Helena Quilter

      Helena Quilter answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      Hi Rehana!

      Cat and Gabriel are both completely right! On Earth the air is mostly made up of nitrogen gas (78%), oxygen (20%) and some small amounts of water, carbon dioxide and other gases. The air is the same all over but different countries put different substances into the air as pollution. The pollution in the air can travel quite a lot way and cause problems in other places!

      Did you hear about the volcano that erupted in Iceland a few years ago? It put out an enormous cloud of ash into the air that travelled all over Europe. Lots of planes had to be cancelled for weeks because it travelled so far!

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