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﻿ ﻿Oxygen Oxygen is a gas on which we need to survive. It's atomic number is 8 and its weight is 15.9994. The symbol for oxygen is "O". Oxygen is in most things it's even in water for example water consists of two hydrogens and one oxygen atom as proved by the symbol H2O. Also known as air, oxygen is an important key to our survival.Without air we would all die!

Oxygen is usually invisible however when seen it is in fact beautiful. The Aurora Borealis consists of red, yellow and green colours that are only possible because of the oxygen. Oxygen forms 21% of the atmosphere. About two thirds of the human body is made up oxygen and nine tenths of water is oxygen. Oxygen has 8 protons, 8 neutrons and 8 electrons.