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Which decreases as altitude increases?

As altitude increases pressure and temperature decrease.


What layer of the atmosphere decreases with increasing height?

As altitude increases the temperature in the troposphere and the mesosphere drop. In the troposphere the temperature drops because the air is becoming further away from it's source of heat, the earth's surface. In the mesosphere a drop in temperature occurs as altitude increases because air becomes further away from it's heat source, the ozone layer. The layers as they appear closest to the earth's surface and moving away are: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. Weather occurs only in the troposphere.


What is the relationship between temperature and altitude in the troposphere?

Temperature and altitude are inversely proportional in the troposphere. This means that as one increases, the other decreases. Approximately 165 meters up in the troposphere is equivalent to a 1 degree Celsius drop.


Temperatures generally rise as the altitude increases in the troposphere and layers of the atmosphere?

In the troposphere, temperatures typically decrease with altitude due to the decrease in air pressure with height. This is known as the lapse rate, with temperatures normally decreasing by about 6.5°C per kilometer. This temperature trend is reversed in the stratosphere where temperatures rise with altitude due to the absorption of solar radiation by ozone.


Which atmospheric layer is closest to the earths crust?

The atmospheric layer closest to the Earth's crust is the troposphere. It is where we live and where most weather phenomena occur.