With increase in altitude, atmospheric pressure increases decreases remains constant may increase or decrease

outoro7d

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2023-02-06

With increase in altitude, atmospheric pressure
increases
decreases
remains constant
may increase or decrease

Answer & Explanation

Marley Rowe

Marley Rowe

Beginner2023-02-07Added 6 answers

Increases in height result in a drop in atmospheric pressure. As we are aware, the density of the air increases at the surface of the planet (due to gravity) and starts to decrease as we ascend, finally leading to empty space, i.e. outside the earth's atmosphere. As a result of the larger density, the atmospheric pressure is high at lower altitudes. At higher elevations, the density is lesser and the atmospheric pressure is low.

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