How does the temperature vary with altitude
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How does the temperature vary with altitude
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If you were to burrow into the earth, the temperature would increase because the pressure would have increased.
This is why, in the Winter, small animals burrow underground to hibernate or stay warm. It is warmer underground.
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As the altitude increases the no. Of air molecules decreases thus the average kinitic energy decreases. The result is A decrease in air temperature with increase of altiude i. e Temperature is inversely proportional to altitude