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Is the weight of the air pressing down on the Earth?
Air pressure
What happens to the air pressure as you go higher?
Air pressure decreases as you move higher in the atmosphere. Air, just like any form of matter has mass, and when affected by earth's gravity, weight. The weight of air is pushing down on you with a force of 1 atmosphere at sea level. As you increase elevation the air pressure is reduced because there is less air to push down on you. Just like air, water pressure increases as you increase your depth in it, or any fluid.
What does low pressure mean?
Low pressure is when air pressure is low helps form clouds.
Why is air pressure greatest at the Earth's surface?
Because as you get closer to the surface of the earth, the more air that is on top of you. At the top of the atmosphere, there is no air, and everything is a vacuum, where you have no weight. When you get close to the earth, the weight of the air builds until it when you're at the very lowest point of the earths surface, all the air in the atmosphere above you is pressing down.
Air pressure is the weight of air pressing down on the earth it is measured by a barometer what kind of weather does high pressure usually bring?
humidity
What is the weight of air pushing down?
the answer is air pressure
Is air pressure a noun?
Yes. The term is a compound noun, and both air and pressure are nouns. Air pressure is the measure of the force exerted by the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on the Earth.
The result of the weight of a colim of air pushing down on an area?
kung wubba
What is isotherm curve?
A isotherm is a line of air pushing down on the earth belive it or not.
Is the weight of the air pressing down on earth?
Air pressure
Why is atmospheric pressure greatest at the surface of earth?
Atmospheric pressure is greatest at the surface of the Earth because there is more air above pushing down. As you move higher in the atmosphere, there is less air above, resulting in lower atmospheric pressure. Gravity also plays a role in compressing the air molecules closer to the Earth's surface, increasing the pressure.
Make a sentence with the word air pressure?
A force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area, that is air pressure.
What is the weight of pushing down on an area?
the average at sea level is 14.7 psi. "weight" of air is referred to as atmospheric pressure.
The result of the weight of the column of air pushing down on an area?
Air pressure, barometric pressure, the boiling point of water.
Is the weight of the air pressing down on the Earth?
Air pressure
You carry a barometer with you to the top of a very tall buildingyou notice that the barometer reading goes down as you ride up to the107th floorexplain what happened and why?
Barometer's measure air pressure and the Earth's air pressure at a certain place is due to the weight of the air above it. So the higher you go the air pressure drops because there is less air above you pushing down with its weight.
If gravity is pulling you what is pushing you back?
Nothing. Actually gravity is pushing you down but there is enough air resistance on the earth to stop us feeling heavy and crushed
