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Why does atmospheric pressure decrease as altitude increases?

April 26, 2017altitude atmospheric earth Geology Mathematics pressure sciences

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Why does atmospheric pressure decrease as altitude increases?

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Atmospheric pressure is directly caused by the density of air around you. As the altitude increases, less air is present due to a lack of living things around you, the the atmspheric pressure will decrease.