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In the earth's atmosphere, the atmospheric pressure ________
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In the earth's atmosphere, the atmospheric 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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