Describe the relationship between altitude(height in the earths atmosphere) and temperature in the atmosphere?

Question

Describe the relationship between altitude(height in the earths atmosphere) and temperature in the atmosphere?

Answer 1

GETS COLDER THE HIGHER YOU GO, BECAUSE THE PRESSURE IS LESS.

Answer 2

As the altitude increases, the pressure gets lower and this means less O2 which absorbs the heat.

Example: Bogotá (Colombia) is close to the Equator but it's located in the Andes so it's actually cool year round (lows 40's and 50's and highs in the 60's to low 70's) The same goes for other ''tropical'' cities like La Paz, Mexico City.

Answer 3

Earths atmosphere acts as a greenhouse. The closer you get to the surface (and the Equator) the warmer it becomes. The higher up you are the less greenhouse effect you'll feel because the atmosphere isn't as dense.

Answer 4

In fact the temperature fluctuates in the atmosphere as you go up.Temperature decreases(as the atmosphere is heated from the bottom) in the Troposphere,increases in the Stratosphere(due to absorption of UV rays),again decreases in the Mesosphere(continuation of the trend found in the Troposphere),and again increases indefinitely above Mesosphere(as atmosphere is nearing the end and the sun becoming nearer).