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  • More molecules =
    more density
  • The reason that air pressure does not crush you is...
    air pushing down on you is balanced by air pushing up
  • The force pushing on an area or surface is -
    air pressure
  • As altitude increase, temperature __________.
    decreases
  • Air pressure decreases as altitude __________.
    increases
  • Weather occurs in the ________.
    troposphere
  • The amount of mass in a given volume of air is its ______.
    density
  • As air pressure decreases, so does ____________.
    density
  • Fewer molecules =
    less density
  • Most difference in air pressure are caused by
    unequal heating of the atmosphere
  • ___________ are caused by differences in air pressure.
    Wind
  • _____________ is the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.
    Humidity
  • Air pressure is measured with a ___________.
    barometer
  • the distance/ or measurement above sea level
    altitude
  • When density increase, the number of molecules in a volume _______.
    increases
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