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As you go higher in the atmosphere,does the space between air particles increase or decrease?

Answer 1

increase

Answer 2

As you go higher, the space between air particles decrease. This is what they mean when they say there is less air at high altitudes, and why most people have to carry oxygen to climb high mountains like Mt. Everest.

The reason for it is the same as the reason for all kinds of fluid pressure. (Air is a fluid, just like water.) All the molecules at the top push down on the ones lower down, packing them together more tightly. Thus, just as the pain in your ears increases as you get closer to the bottom of a pool, the amount of air you have to breath increases the closer you get to the surface of the earth, or the 'bottom' of the atmosphere.

Answer 3

The amount of air particles DECREASES, however the space between them INCREASES.

Answer 4

Increase.

Answer 5

Increase.

Answer 6

The space between air molecules increases.

Answer 7

Increases. Pressure decreses with elevation, therefore there is more space between particles.

Answer 8

increase, Pressure decreses with elevation, therefore there is more space between particles. and the air gets thinner so its harder to breath

Answer 9

Increase. That's why it's harder to breathe the higher you go.

Answer 10

increase thats why people say the air get thinner and it gets harder to breathe cause there is less air