ppt课件-airpressureintheatmosphere.pptVIP

AIR PRESSURE Keeping an Atmosphere Atmosphere is kept by the world’s gravity Low mass (small) worlds= low gravity =almost no atm. High mass (large) worlds = high gravity = thick atm. Gravity and pressure Air pressure depends on how much gas there is i.e. The atmospheric thickness. The stronger the gravity, the more gas is held by the world and the greater the weight of atm. on a point Earth’s Atmosphere About 10 km thick Consists mostly of molecular nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2) Atmospheric