2007-02-20 22:58:14 · 8 answers · asked by Aled H 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
air is less dense up there, but surely there should be a layer of warm air somewhere?- where does the heat go?
2007-02-20 23:02:59 · update #1
I think you've answered your own question. Pressure is one of the ways of heating something up, and the atmospheric pressure is highest at sea level.
2007-02-20 23:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal air naturally cools about 3 1/2 degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation, mainly due to the air molecules thinning out and not rubbing together as much, as the atmospheric pressure decreases.
So if the temperature was 70 degrees at sea level, the same air at the top of a 10,000 foot tall mountain would typically be only 35 degrees.
That's why most tall mountains have snow on top, for all or most of the year.
2007-02-21 03:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the higher you go the air has time to cool off & the heat is lost out into space.
2007-02-20 23:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the air thins out and becomes cold
2007-02-20 23:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by cybermoose1982 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are in the wrong section. Air cools as it thins out.
2007-02-20 23:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gets lost in space
2007-02-20 23:09:08 · answer #6 · answered by ekduin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it cools when it rises.
2007-02-20 23:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIR IS DENSER UP THERE
2007-02-20 23:01:15 · answer #8 · answered by THE WAR WRENCH 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋