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22 August, 21:50

How and why dose air pressure change with altitude in the atmosphere

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    Air pressure changes with altitude because of issues related to gravity molecules have more weight the closer they are to the Earth and more of them move to lower elevations as a result this causes increased pressure because there are more molecules in number and proximity
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