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What happens to air pressure as altitude or
elevation increases? Why?

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Answer:

pressure decreases with increasing altitude

Step-by-step explanation:

At higher elevations there are fewer air molecules such as oxygen above a given surface than a similar surface at lower levels.

Example : There is less oxygen to breathe at the top of a high mountain than there is at sea level.

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