2006-08-24 03:13:28 · 6 answers · asked by the unknown 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It might seem a contradiction that the higher you go the colder it gets - after all, warm air rises and as you say, you're getting closer to the sun.
Earth is approximately 93 million miles from the sun so even climbing the highest mountain in the world is only going to get you 5 and a half miles nearer the sun - an insignificant distance.
As you get higher gravity gets weaker and it's gravity that pulls the air down to the earth's surface. The densest air is at sea level and as you ascend the density and pressure of the air fall.
The result of the fall in pressure is a fall in temperature, the reason being that the atoms and molecules in the air are spaced further apart.
As a general rule of thumb for each 150 meters (500 feet) you ascend the temperature falls by 1 degree Centigrade (2 degrees Fahrenheit).
2006-08-24 13:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a million]The sunlight is ninety 3 million miles far flung from the Earth and going 10-20 miles upwards makes no distinction. 2]the ambience is heated through Terrestrial Radiation: >The sunlight emits image voltaic Radiation. >the Filtered image voltaic Radiation enters the ambience and the earth and through consistent heating the earth absorbs distinctive warmth. >ultimately, during evening-time, the absorbed warmth is released and this warmth is absorbed lower back with the help of the ambience's decrease layers and consequently warmth does not attain the better layers. 3]through fact of those layers,there's a fall of temperature (a million degree fall for each 165m of top).shortly, altitude concerns. 4]in basic terms approximately each and all the mountain Peaks are located someplace close to the third layer of the ambience, specifically the Mesosphere, that's seen through fact the best layer of the ambience.
2016-12-17 16:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if it is closer to the sun the air is thinner and then it gets colder. When you keep going up it eventually starts to get hoter.
2006-08-24 03:15:41 · answer #3 · answered by gymnastxo8 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some how the lowered amount of oxygen is cold.
2006-08-24 03:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the air is thinner up there, so there is more distance between air molecules, thus heat doesnt transfer from molecule to molecule as well.
2006-08-24 03:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by vanman8u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air is thinner and it is colder.
2006-08-24 03:20:13 · answer #6 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋