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The temperature of the air around Earth is directly related to the amount of radiated heat from the sun hitting the Earth's surface, thereby warming it.
Hot air rises and cools. It cools because the upper atmosphere is a lot cooler than closer to Earth.
The upper atmosphere is cooler because the temperature in space is extremely cold - approximately minus 270 degrees celsius or minus 455 degrees fahrenheit. Basically, the nearer you get to space, the cooler it will get!
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause air is poor at absorbing the heat from the sun as compaired to the ground below it ... thus the air is heated mainly from below.
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∙ 9y agowhy does thmperature drop as you climb mout kosciuszko
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∙ 14y agoYes, it does till the stratosphere where temperature increases with UV. Then it falls in the mesosphere. It rises as we go up from the thermosphere.
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What happens to the climate higher above sea level?
The Higher you go, the colder it gets and less oxygen.
What is the speed of sound at 12000 meters above sea level?
The speed of sound has nothing to do with the height above sealevel. It has only to do with the temperature there. The higher - the colder.
Where is air pressure weakest?
The lower you go into the sea level, the greater the air pressure. The higher you go above the sea level, the lower the air pressure.
If the elevation of something is 2400 feet above sea level how many meters is it above sea level?
731.5 meters above sea level.
What does a mile above sea level mean?
The sea is at a particular level compared to land. Most land is above sea level (or it would be under the sea or very far inland). If you are a mile above sea level, then you are a mile above where the sea would be if there was no land there.
What happens to the climate higher above sea level?
The Higher you go, the colder it gets and less oxygen.
How does elevation above sea level effect temperature?
The higher the elevation, the colder it gets.
How does climate change at higher elevations in latin America?
As the ground gets higher above sea level the climate gets colder.
What is the speed of sound at 12000 meters above sea level?
The speed of sound has nothing to do with the height above sealevel. It has only to do with the temperature there. The higher - the colder.
Does Arizona have a higher altitude than South Carolina?
Arizona has a higher lowest point at 70 feet above sea level, a higher high point at 12,633 feet above sea level and a higher mean elevation at 4,100 feet above sea level. The highest elevation in South Carolina is 3,560 feet above sea level and its mean elevation is 350 feet above sea level.
How does the height above sea level affects the temperature?
I learned the answer to this in science this year, so don't worry, it is accurate: The higher above sea level/elevation you are, the colder the temperature becomes. The reason for this is because there are air molecules in the air bump closer together when you are lower above sea level- that creates warm weather. The higher above sea level you go, (for example, the tops of mountains,) the more separated and spaced out the molecules become, which causes cold weather. This is the ACCURATE answer to how elevation affects temperature.
Where is the pressure higher above the sea or above the land in coastal areas at night?
Above the sea level
Because of this temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea level?
Because of this, temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea levelBecause of elevation temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea level.
Why is it colder in higher places than lower places?
since it is above sea level the air pressure is lower which makes the climate cooler than in places with a low latitude
A landform that rises more than 2000 feet 610m above sea Level to a narrow peack is called?
A landform that rises more than 2000 feet, 610 meters above sea level to a narrow peak is called a mountain. As the elevation continues to reach higher, the climate become colder than at sea level.
Why do temperatures become cooler as you go higher above sea level?
because as you go up the sea level gets higher
Because of this tempertures become cooler as you go higher above sea level what is it called?
Elevation is the reason that tempertures become cooler as you go higher above sea level.
