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Q: If you are on top of a mountain is the air pressure higher because of the cold temperature or lower because you are higher up?
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Will temperature be higher or lower in a mountain?

it is lower temperature when you to mountain,because its cold there


What has higher pressure a mountain or a valley?

i think a valley does because when you climb a mountain the air pressure decreases the higher you go.


Why is it that when you go up a mountain you get colder because your near to the sun?

because air pressure decreases as altitude increases. As air rises, the pressure decreases. It is the lower pressure at higher altitude that causes temperature to be colder on the top of a mountain compared to sea level.


When you are on top of a mountain is the air pressure higher dou to the cold temperature of lower due to the high altitude?

Higher than what? As you go up a mountain the air pressure gets lower simply because there is less air above you weighing down on you.


Predict whether water would boil on top of a mountain at a higher or lower temperature than at sea level?

Water would boil higher at the top of a mountain than at sea level. This is because there is less atmospheric pressure at higher elevations.


Which would have more air pressure on a mountain or in a valley and why?

A mountain because the higher in air you go the more higher air pressure gets. this is not part of the anwser but, G-force is pressure on arollar coaster when u get higher.


Why does water boils at lower temperatures than in a valley?

Water boils at lower temperatures at higher altitudes because the atmospheric pressure is lower. In a valley, the air pressure is greater, which allows water to reach a higher temperature before boiling. At higher altitudes, where the air pressure is lower, the boiling point of water decreases.


How would air pressure change as you drive up and then down a mountain?

Because of temperature change when you are up is higher and down is lower. So the air pressure would go lower.


Why does water boil at a lower temperature on a mountain than sea level?

The boiling of any liquid is tied in to the atmospheric pressure, in an open system. Every liquid has it's own vapor pressure, that is the balance between the vapor and liquid phase. When atmospheric pressure decreases, the vapor pressure increases since now there is greater space for the molecules of the liquid to come into vapor phase. At higher altitudes, the atmospheric pressure is lesser, that is, the air is thinner. Thus the liquid can attain higher vapor pressure faster and boil at a lower temperature.


What would be the approximate air temperature at the top of a mountain?

Because mountain is a higher and the air is top and right and left of a mountain.🙂


Is water boiling below 100 degrees celsius on top of a mountain a physical property?

The boiling point varies in the same direction as the pressure. At the top of a mountain the air pressure is lower so water boils at a lower temperature. In a pressurized boiler system the pressure is higher so water boils at a higher temperature.


Why boiling takes more time on mountain?

Water boils when the vapor pressure due to the temperature of the water is equal to the pressure outside. The air pressure on mountains is slightly less because there is less atmosphere above you, so water boils at a lower temperature (only by a few degrees, though) at higher altitudes. Because of this, you need to boil food at higher altitudes longer to compensate and make sure it is cooked as much as if you boiled the same food at a higher temperature at a lower altitude for a shorter amount of time.