MyStudyPals.com MyStudyPals.com
  • Login
  • Feed

Resources

  • 📰
    Latest School News
  • 📚
    Scholarships
  • 🎓
    JAMB Syllabus
  • 📝
    Jamb Brochure

Information

  • 🔗
    Contact US
  • 🔗
    Privacy Policy
  • 🔗
    Terms and Conditions
  • 🔗
    About US

The most abundant element on the earth’s crust is

  • 📑 Past Questions
  • ⌛ Take CBT exam
  • 📟 Referral
  • 🎫 Support
  • 📢 Earnings
Chemistry JAMB 2005

The most abundant element on the earth’s crust is

  • nitrogen
  • hydrogen
  • oxygen checkmark
  • flourine

The correct answer is: C

Explanation

- The air in Earth's atmosphere is made up of approximately 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen. Air also has small amounts of lots of other gases, too, such as carbon dioxide, neon, and hydrogen.

HOWEVER;

- Earth's crust is made up of several elements: oxygen, 46.6 percent by weight; silicon, 27.7 percent; aluminum, 8.1 percent; iron, 5 percent; calcium, 3.6 percent; sodium, 2.8 percent, potassium, 2.6 percent, and magnesium, 2.1 percent.

- This implies that Oxygen is the most abundant element (by mass) in the Earth's crust, making up almost half of the crust's mass

Previous Question Next Question

Leave A Comment

© 2025 MyStudyPals.com