Option 1: Carbon dioxide - Oxygen - Nitrogen

Option 2: Oxygen - Nitrogen - Carbon dioxide

Option 3: Carbon dioxide - Nitrogen - Oxygen (Correct answer)

Option 4: Nitrogen - Oxygen - Carbon dioxide

The correct order in which the gases from the atmosphere disappear as one moves away from the surface of the earth is carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Option 1 is incorrect because it places carbon dioxide, which is a minor component of the atmosphere, before the major components nitrogen and oxygen.

Option 2 is incorrect because it places oxygen, which is one of the major components of the atmosphere, in the first position and carbon dioxide, a minor component, in the last position.

Option 4 is also incorrect because it places nitrogen, the most abundant gas in the atmosphere, in the first position and oxygen, the second most abundant gas, in the second position.

Therefore, option 3 is the correct answer as it arranges the gases in the correct order from the surface of the earth upwards.