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CSIR-NET 2016 DEC (30)

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CSIR-NET

30. The relative abundance of elements, in decreasing order, in the Earth is

A) iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium
B) oxygen, silicon, aluminium, iron
C) iron, magnesium, silicon, oxygen
D) oxygen, silicon, aluminium, magnesium

Answer: A 

Explanation: 

1. This is little bit confusing question. 

2. There are two type of questions 

a) abundance of elements in the Earth's crust? 

b) abundance of  elements in the Earth? 

 please study clearly  the question.


a) abundance of elements in the Earth crust is-

Answer: 

1. Oxygen (46.6%) 
2. Silicon (27.7%) 
3. Aluminum (8.1%) 
4. Iron (5.0%) 
5. Calcium (3.6%) 
6. Sodium (2.8%)
7. Potassium (2.6%)
8. magnesium (2.1%) 


b) abundance of elements in the Earth?

Answer: 

1. Iron   
2. Oxygen  
3. Silicon   
4. Magnesium 



Reference : https://www.sandatlas.org/composition-of-the-earths-crust/

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  1. Earths major elements:
    1 Iron 32%
    2 Oxygen 30%
    3 Silicon 15%
    4 Magnesium 13.9%
    5 Sulfur 2.9%
    6 Nickel 1.8%
    7 Calcium 1.5%
    8 Aluminium 1.4%, etc

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  2. Earths crust major elements:
    1 Oxygen 46%
    2 Silicon 28%
    3 Aluminum 8.2%
    4 Iron 5.6%
    5 Calcium 4.2%
    6 Sodium 2.5%
    7 Magnesium 2.5%
    8 Potassium 2%
    9 Titanium 0.6%, etc

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  3. Earths Mantle major elements:
    1 Oxygen 45%
    2 Magnesium 23%
    3 Silicon 22%
    4 Iron 5.8%
    5 Calcium 2.3%
    6 Aluminium 2.2%
    7 Sodium 0.3%
    8 Potassium 0.3%, etc

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  4. Nice explanation nanajee..

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  5. Earths Core major elements:
    1 Iron 88.8%
    2 Nickel 5.8%
    3 Sulfur 4.5%

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