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This element’s concentration is measured with the Clark electrode. Preston Cloud used banded iron formations to date a high (10[1])concentration of this element to 2.4 billion (10[2])years ago. (10[2])A bond between atoms of this element is broken in the Chapman cycle. A decrease in this element’s concentration occurs during eutrophication (10[1])from algal blooms. (-5[1])By mass, this is the most (10[1])abundant (-5[1])element in the Earth’s crust. The Montreal Protocol banned CFCs to mitigate how a compound of this element was depleted over the South Pole, leading to the formation of a namesake (10[1])“hole” of that compound. For 10 points, name this element that makes up ozone and about 21% of the atmosphere with nitrogen. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: oxygen [or O; accept Great Oxygenation Event]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%0%25.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY989%0%33%50.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%57%75.29
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%25%67.42
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY1090%0%50%81.44
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%25%50.57
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%47.89

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew WestleyPurdue ANorthwestern B1810
Ethan MaIllinois BIllinois A2510
Jack PirosIllinois CSIUE2510
Ishaan SinghPurdue BWashU B2710
William FosterChicago APurdue C2710
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AIowa B4910
Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame BIowa A52-5
Arthur ZhangNorthwestern ANotre Dame C5810
Kaiden WebbChicago BIndiana59-5
Brielle RachIowa ANotre Dame B9010
Sanika IyerIndianaChicago B11210