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Does air expand when it gets colder?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

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Why does it get colder the higher you go to the mountain?

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What happens to air as it gets colder?

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Uhm, it gets colder of course....


If air expands it warms then why does our troposhere gets colder as you get higher?

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How can warm air cool off?

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