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What happens to temperature and pressure as you move from the surface of the earth towards the center?
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∙ 11y ago
The pressure increases. I actually did this last summer. We were traveling from sea level to the mountains in North Carolina. I had a bag of potato chips in the car. When we left the beach (sea level) the bag was a little puffy. When we looked at the bag at the top of Mount Mitchell it was swollen up so tight as if you had put an air hose in it. That was because the air pressure at sea level is greater than it is at higher altitudes. The pressure in the bag stayed the same but the air pressure outside of the bag became less making the bag puff up. If you go down into the earth the pressure in the chip bag will stay the same but the outside pressure will be greater crushing the bag and if you go far enough down it will probably MASH your chips. This may not be the best description but it works for me.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 11y agoAs you travel from the surface to the center of the Earth, pressure will increase enormously, because of the increasing weight of what is above you.
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∙ 11y agoTemperature and pressure increase massively from earth's surface to the centre of the Earth. At the inner core, the pressure is so great that iron is solid, even at such high temperatures.
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∙ 9y agoWhat happens to the pressure as you move from the earths surface to the core
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∙ 11y agoTrue.
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∙ 14y agoYes
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Does the air increase or decrease towards the surface with a high pressure?
Air density and pressure increase nearer the surface
How does the temperature of the Earths layers change from the core to the crust?
In general, the temperature decreases towards the surface.
Why there is a decrease of temperature of 0.6 degree in each 100 m from the sea level?
As we move towards heights the external pressure decreases due to which temperature decreases.
Why doesn't the temperature in the atmosphere steadily increase or decrease as you move from earth's surface toward space?
The temperature in the atmosphere doesn't steadily increase or decrease as you move away from Earth's surface towards space because at the point where the atmospheric layers intersect, the temperature remains constant, just like when water changes state.
Why do the warm tropical air sink when they reach the poles?
Think of the air at the Equator as a column. If you heat it, the air in the column expands and rises, cooling as it does so. As the column gets taller, at altitude you have relatively higher pressure, and the air flows out towards a lower pressure area. When the air flows out from the top of the column, it leaves lower pressure at the surface. The opposite happens at the poles where the air is cold and dense. The column is shorter and heavier than the column at the Equator. The pressure is lower at altitude and so the high pressure air from the Equator flows there. Adding air to the top of the polar column raises the surface pressure and the air flows from there to a lower pressure area at the equator. So you get a circulation, out from the Equator to the poles at high level, and in towards the Equator at lower level. The air that left the Equator was warm when it was on the surface at the Equator, but by the time it has risen 40,000-50,000 feet and traveled several thousand miles at high altitude, it is no longer warm. The rotation of the earth and the roughness of the terrain affect the flow greatly, and the air at the surface tends to turn to the right causing rotating areas of high and low pressure.
Does the air increase or decrease towards the surface with a high pressure?
Air density and pressure increase nearer the surface
How does the temperature change from the crust to the earth to the core?
In general, the temperature decreases towards the surface.
How does the temperature of the Earths layers change from the core to the crust?
In general, the temperature decreases towards the surface.
How does air pressure and air temperature change as you travel towards the center of a hurricane?
Air pressure decreases while temperature increases.
What happens if the atmospheric pressure drops?
The wind blow in towards the low.
What causes the magma inside a volcano to rise to award the surface?
The molten magma increases in pressure (like a pressure cooker at home) until it is forced towards the surface.
What is the temperature of the littoral zone?
28 degrees on surface and gradually decreasing towards depth.
How does the pressure change as you go from the surface towards the center of the Earth's?
the pressure changes by how deep you are below see level because of gravity?
What is the Celsius temperature of sun?
The temperature at the surface of the sun is about 10,000Fahrenheit (5,600 Celsius). The temperature rises from the surface of the sun inward towards the very hot center of the sun where it reaches about 27,000,000 Fahrenheit (15,000,000 Celsius)
What happens to room temperature when the door become opened for some time?
The room temperature will tend to move towards whatever the outside temperature is.
Does are come together or move apart in an area of surface low pressure?
Air always flows towards areas of low pressure - and away from high pressure.
What happens to the temperature as you go towards outer space?
it gets cooler when you get closer to outer space
