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As altitude increases, air pressure decreases. Gravity causes the atmosphere to become heavier the closer you are to the ground. The atmosphere may seem weightless but all the air molecules add up to a tremendous amount of mass. If you think of the atmosphere like blankets, the more blankets you have piled on you the heavier they become, thus pressing down on your body more and more. This is the same in the atmosphere, where the higher the altitude, the less overlying atmosphere, the less pressure on air molecules. At higher altitudes the air molecules have more freedom to move around.
Kasandra Hegmann
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∙ 12y agoAs elevation decreases, pressure increases. Just think of what happens when you swim to the bottom of a pool....your ears hurt and pop the further you go down. The same thing happens when you drive down a mountain.
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∙ 12y agoAir pressure decreases as altitude increases.
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∙ 13y agoThe pressure gets higher as altitude decreases, because the air below has to support the weight of the air above it, becoming compressed.
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∙ 12y agoThe air pressure increases as elevation decreases.
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∙ 6y agoair pressure goes up
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When altitude increases does air density?
The density of the atmosphere decreases with altitude.
What general statement can be made about the relationship between air pressure and altitude?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases.
Does air pressure and temperature change with altitude?
Yes; the pressure and temperature decreases with higher altitude.
How does air pressure change when altitude increases?
the most likely answer should be yes because you can feel yourself getting less energy so that means that it is likely to be increasing
What happens to atmospheric pressure as altitude increase?
This would actually be a simple answer: Pressure decreases. Simply because of the fact that as altitude increases, the less air there is on top of you, and the lower the pressure would be.
As altitude increases how does air pressure change?
Increased altitude means decreased air pressure.
What happens to air pressure's rate of change as altitude increases?
The rate of change of air pressure as a function of increasing altitude decreases with increasing altitude.
What effect on air pressure with altitude explain briefly?
As altitude increases, air pressure decreases. As altitude decreases, air pressure increases.
Is it true air pressure increases as altitude increases?
No
When altitude increases does air density?
The density of the atmosphere decreases with altitude.
What does air pressure do as altitudes?
Air pressure increases as altitude decreases.
How does altitude affect density and air pressure?
Altitude has a large affect on the air pressure and air density. Air density reduces with altitude and air pressure reduces with altitude as well.
How does altitude affect density and pressure?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases. As air pressure decreases, so does density.
Does air pressure increases with altitude?
no it decreases
What general statement can be made about the relationship between air pressure and altitude?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases.
How does air pressure change as altitude change?
Increased altitude means decreased air pressure.
What does air pressure do when altitude increases?
Air pressure decreases with increase of height.
