{"id":3132,"date":"2014-09-12T16:46:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T21:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=3132"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:43:51","slug":"what-is-air","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/?avada_faq=what-is-air","title":{"rendered":"What is Air?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Air<\/b>\u00a0is the\u00a0<a title=\"Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth\">Earth<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a title=\"Atmosphere\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atmosphere\">atmosphere<\/a>. It is the clear\u00a0<a title=\"Gas\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gas\">gas<\/a>\u00a0in which living things live and\u00a0<a title=\"Breathe\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Breathe\">breathe<\/a>. It has an indefinite shape and volume. It has no\u00a0<a title=\"Color\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Color\">color<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Odor\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odor\">smell<\/a>. It has\u00a0<a title=\"Mass\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass\">mass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Weight\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weight\">weight<\/a>. It is a\u00a0<a title=\"Matter\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matter\">matter<\/a>\u00a0as it has mass and weight. Air creates\u00a0<a title=\"Atmosphere pressure\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atmosphere_pressure\">atmosphere pressure<\/a>. There is no air in the\u00a0<a title=\"Vacuum\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vacuum\">vacuum<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Cosmos\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosmos\">cosmos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Air is a\u00a0<a title=\"Mixture\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mixture\">mixture<\/a>\u00a0of 78.03%\u00a0<a title=\"Nitrogen\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nitrogen\">nitrogen<\/a>, 20.99%\u00a0<a title=\"Oxygen\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxygen\">oxygen<\/a>, 0.94%\u00a0<a title=\"Argon\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argon\">argon<\/a>, 0.03%\u00a0<a title=\"Carbon dioxide\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_dioxide\">carbon dioxide<\/a>, 0.01%\u00a0<a title=\"Hydrogen\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrogen\">hydrogen<\/a>, 0.00123%<a title=\"Neon\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neon\">Neon<\/a>, 0.0004%\u00a0<a title=\"Helium\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helium\">helium<\/a>, 0.00005%\u00a0<a title=\"Krypton\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krypton\">krypton<\/a>\u00a0and 0.000006%\u00a0<a title=\"Xenon\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xenon\">xenon<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air#cite_note-1\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0There are also small amounts of other things.<\/p>\n<p>Animals and humans need the\u00a0<a title=\"Oxygen\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxygen\">oxygen<\/a>\u00a0in the air to live. In the\u00a0<a title=\"Human body\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_body\">human body<\/a>, the\u00a0<a title=\"Lung\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lung\">lungs<\/a>\u00a0give oxygen to the\u00a0<a title=\"Blood\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood\">blood<\/a>, and give back\u00a0<a title=\"Carbon dioxide\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_dioxide\">carbon dioxide<\/a>\u00a0to the air. Plants need the carbon dioxide in the air to live. They give off oxygen that humans can breathe again.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wind\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wind\">Wind<\/a>\u00a0is moving air. Air\u00a0<a title=\"Air pollution\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_pollution\">can be polluted<\/a>\u00a0by some gases (such as\u00a0<a title=\"Ozone\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ozone\">ozone<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Carbon monoxide\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_monoxide\">carbon monoxide<\/a>),\u00a0<a title=\"Smoke\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smoke\">smoke<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Ash\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ash\">ash<\/a>. Some believe that this\u00a0<a title=\"Pollution\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pollution\">pollution<\/a>\u00a0may be one of the\u00a0<a title=\"Cause (not yet started)\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Cause&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">causes<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a title=\"Global warming\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_warming\">global warming<\/a>, by causing the &#8220;<a title=\"Greenhouse effect\" href=\"http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greenhouse_effect\">greenhouse effect<\/a>&#8220;.<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[61],"class_list":["post-3132","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-air"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/3132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/3132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3908,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/3132\/revisions\/3908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atipure.com\/store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffaq_category&post=3132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}