Question

Which of the following statements is not true? a. Water is polar. b. Water stabilizes temperature. c. Water is essential for life. d. Water is the most abundant atom in Earth’s atmosphere.

Answer 1

Answer: d. Water is the most abundant atom in Earth’s atmosphere.

Explanation:

Water percentage in the atmosphere is 0.001 percent only as it not the major reservoir or source of water. The water is available in the atmosphere in the form of water vapors. These water vapors when aggregate and their concentration becomes high they fall down as rain on earth so the rain is collected in water reservoirs like oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, aquifers, and other sources of water, which are the components of hydrosphere on earth. So, hydrosphere is most abundant in water. Moreover, water is not an atom instead it is the molecule formed by the combination of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen.