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The earth retains its atmosphere. This is due to

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the special shape of the earth.

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the escape velocity, which is greater than the mean speed of atmospheric molecules.

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the escape velocity, which is less than the main speed of atmospheric molecules.

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the suns gravitational effect.

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Solution

The correct option is B the escape velocity, which is greater than the mean speed of atmospheric molecules.
The earth retains its atmosphere. This is due to the escape velocity being greater than the mean speed of the molecules of the atmospheric gases.

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