Why is the atmosphere very dense near the surface of earth ?
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Why is the atmosphere very dense near the surface of earth ?
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In the atmosphere, air molecules near the surface of the earth are held together more tightly than the molecules in a higher atmosphere because of the gravitational pull of the earth on all the molecules above the surface molecules.