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As an airplane flies higher in the air what happens to the atmosphere outside the plane?
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∙ 11y ago
It gets thinner (the pressure drops) and colder.
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What change happens in the outside air as an airplane flies higher in the atmosphere?
The atmosphere is densest at sea level, so as the density of air goes down, so does the atmospheric pressure. The atmosphere gets less and less dense as you rise higher above the sea level.
Why airplane did't expand at the higher altitude?
A balloon would expand because it is flexable and when the outside pressure gets lower it fills out. An airplane actually shrinks in the exterme cold of the upper atmosphere. It is not going to shrink or expand much because it is made out of metal not rubber.
What happens when you rise higher in the atmosphere?
The air becomes less dense.
What happens to water vapor as you go higher into the Atmosphere?
it explodes man
What happens to the air temperature as you move higher into the atmosphere?
it gets coolder
What happens to the density of the atmosphere as you go up higher?
temperature and altitude
Is the air pressure in a flying airplane greater that outside the flying airplane?
In a commercial airliner flying at cruising altitude, the air pressure inside the airplane is considerably higher than the air pressure outside. The air pressure outside is too low for people to breathe comfortably, so the interior is pressurized.
What happens when higher energy ultraviolet radiations act on the oxygen at the higher level of the atmosphere?
formation of ozone
What happens to the atmosphere as distance increases from the earth?
The Earth's atmosphere becomes thinner the higher it goes, until the vacuum of space is reached.
How does the atmosphere change when you go to high in an airplane?
The air becomes less dense, the higher you go. And generally, the temperature gets colder until you reach the thermosphere, which is the hottest part of Earths atmosphere.
What happens when gas rises?
It rises until the density of the atmosphere, which thins as you go higher, is equal to that of the gas. Then the gas disperses into that level of the atmosphere.
What happens when an airplane attempting to fly higher than 300000 ft?
Begin to succumb to the power of gravity because of the decrease in lift
