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Alexxx [7]
3 years ago
5

While hiking in the mountains you notice that it's harder to breathe as you climb higher why?

Biology
1 answer:
horrorfan [7]3 years ago
5 0
When we breathe in air at sea level, the atmospheric pressure of about 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.04 kg. per cm.2) causes oxygen to easily pass through selectively permeable lung membranes into the blood. At high altitudes, the lower air pressure makes it more difficult for oxygen to enter our vascular systems
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