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s2008m [1.1K]
3 years ago
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Why does a parcel of air expand as it rises upward through the atmosphere?

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vichka [17]3 years ago
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the atmospheric pressure decreases upwards, hence the inter-molecular attraction between the air molecules decreases or to say that the inter-molecular space increases and the parcel of air expands.
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