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Does dry air rise or sink?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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none of the suspected but just because it is a multiple choice question the one that is nearly the answer is sinking if it was rising the would be life at mars people going to the space wouldn't need air tanks with them

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Its "dryness" is irrelevant. What causes it to rise or sink is the relative density of the two bodies of air, temperature has the greatest affect on this.

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