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Imagine a friend is planning a rock-climbing trip. Write a note in the box explaining how gas exchange is affected at the top of a mountain, where air pressure is lower and there is less oxygen than at
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Imagine a friend is planning a rock-climbing trip. Write a note in the box explaining how gas exchange is affected at the top of a mountain, where air pressure is lower and there is less oxygen than at lower altitudes.

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Air is less dense on a mountaintop than at sea level.

Air pressure is lower at low altitudes.

As you climb a mountain, air pressure increases.

More force pushes on the air at the bottom of an air column.

As you descend a mountain, air molecules are closer together.

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