2007-03-28 14:30:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Boiling ocurrs at a lower temperature when the air-pressure is reduced, as Pressure = Volume / Temperature. It will come to a boil faster, and require less energy to do it, but moving water doesn't cook food - heat does. To keep the soup from boiling away, you'll have to cook it more slowly.
2007-03-28 14:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So long as the heat input to the sauce pan is the same it doesn't take longer - it takes less time because the soup boils at a lower temperature on a high mountain than at sea level.
2007-03-28 21:36:26 · answer #2 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of the pressure it boils sooner so time to prepare food is LONGER and different.
2007-03-29 01:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know what your problem might be, higher elevation=lower air pressure=lower boiling point.
In theory you can boil water in your bare hands if the air pressure is low enough.
2007-03-28 21:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by geezerrex 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋