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Why does air pressure decrease as altitude increases?

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pressure decreases with increasing altitude. The pressure at any level in the atmosphere may be interpreted as the total weight of the air above a unit area at any elevation. At higher elevations, there are fewer air molecules above a given surface than a similar surface at lower levels.

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The metal whose specific heat capacity is close to the obtained value is aluminum.

<h3>What is specific heat capacity</h3>

The specific heat capacity of an object is the heat required to raise a unit mass of the substance by 1 kelvin.

$Q= mc\Delta \theta$

where;

c is the specific heat capacity
Δθ is change in temperature

Let the mass of the water = 50 g

mass of the metal for this first trial = 50 g

The heat gained by the water is calculated as follows

$Q = 50 \times 4.184 \times 8.4\\\\Q = 1757.28 \ J$

Specific heat capacity of the metal for the first trial is calculated as follows;

Heat gained by water = Heat lost by metal

$C = \frac{Q}{m\Delta T} = \frac{1757.28}{50\times 8.4} = 4.184 \ J/g^oC$

Specific heat capacity of the metal for the second trial;

mass of metal = 200 - mass of water = 150 g

$C_2 = \frac{1757.28}{150 \times 15.2} = 0.77 \ J/g^oC$

Specific heat capacity of the metal for the third trial;

$C_3 = \frac{1757.28}{250 \times 20.8} = 0.34\ J/g^oC$

Specific heat capacity of the metal for the fourth trial;

$C_4 = \frac{1757.28}{350 \times 25.4} = 0.19\ J/g^oC$

Specific heat capacity of the metal for the fifth trial;

$C_5 = \frac{1757.28}{450 \times 29.6} = 0.13\ J/g^oC$

Average specific heat capacity

$C = \frac{4.184 + 0.77 + 0.34+ 0.19 + 0.13 }{5} = 1.12 \ J/g^oC = 1120 J/kg^oC$

The metal whose specific heat capacity is close to the above value is aluminum.

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As a rocket rises, its kinetic energy changes. At the time the rocket reaches its highest point, most of the kinetic energy of r

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