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Air pressure is the amount of pressure exerted by Earth's atmosphere in a specific place, while altitude is the vertical distance of an object or place from sea level. Air pressure decreases as altitude increases, since there is less atmosphere to exert pressure.
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What general statement can be made about the relationship between air pressure and altitude?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases.
What is differential air pressure?
Differential air pressure is a term of comparison. It may be stated as "the difference in air pressure between..." and finished from there. Let's look at a sentence and then break it down. "The differential air pressure across the body of the 747 is a cause of concern over the life of the aircraft." A jet at altitude has a pressurized cabin. The outside air pressure is very low. (Think Mount Everest. Almost no one climbs it without suplimental oxygen.) There is a difference between the air pressure inside the cabin and the air pressure outside the cabin. This is an instance of differential air pressure. The differential air pressure puts stress on the body of the plane. When the aircraft is back on the ground, the differential pressure disappears. The alternating application and neutralization of stress across the hull damages the structure over the life of the airframe. The differential pressure is the difference between the pressure of the air in the (pressurized) cabin at altitude and the pressure of outside air at that altitude.
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.
What effect on air pressure with altitude explain briefly?
As altitude increases, air pressure decreases. As altitude decreases, air pressure increases.
How does altitude in the atmosphere affect air pressure?
The greater the altitude, the lower the air pressure.
How does air pressure change as altitude change?
Increased altitude means decreased air pressure.
As altitude increases how does air pressure change?
Increased altitude means decreased air pressure.
How does altitude affect density and pressure?
Air pressure decreases as altitude increases. As air pressure decreases, so does density.
What happen to the air pressure in a higher altitude?
The air pressure is lower the higher the altitude. That is basically how an altimeter works.
Can air pressure falls drastically at high altitude?
Air pressure falls of as one gains altitude. At high altitude the air pressure is very low but it does not "falls drastically", which implies a sudden change.
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 are the pressure conditions of the air above the equator?
Air pressure depends mainly on altitude - how high you are above sea level. The lattitude doesn't make much difference.
