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As altitude increases, air pressure decreases or increases

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As altitude increases , pressure decreases
As altitude increases, air pressure decreases or increases-example-1
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Pressure with Height: pressure decreases with increasing altitude. The pressure at any level in the atmosphere may be interpreted as the total weight of the air above a unit area at any elevation. At higher elevations, there are fewer air molecules above a given surface than a similar surface at lower levels.


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