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How does the atmospheric pressure change with altitude?
- altitude increases, pressure decreases
- altitude decreases, pressure decreases
- altitude is independent of pressure
- altitude increases, pressure increases
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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.So, as we go up at higher altitude the pressure decreases.
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