Oxygen molecule (02) Nitrogen molecule (N2) Hydrogen molecule (H2) Carbon dioxide molecule (CO2) Water molecule (H2O)

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The faster a molecule is moving in the upper atmosphere, the more likely it is to escape Earth's gravity. 

Given this fact, and your knowledge of rms speed, which of the following molecules can escape most easily from Earth's atmosphere if they are all at the same temperature?

 

Oxygen molecule (02)
Nitrogen molecule (N2)
Hydrogen molecule (H2)
Carbon dioxide molecule (CO2)
Water molecule (H2O)
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