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Atmospheric pressure ___________with increasing height.


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  1. Atmospheric pressure is the force exerted at a given point on the atmosphere by the air above it.
  2. As the height increases, the number of air molecules present in the atmosphere decrease.
  3. So the pressure applied by the air molecule decreases.

Hence, Atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing height.


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