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What is meant by atmospheric pressure? What is the cause of atmospheric pressure?

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE: The air around you has weight, and it presses against everything it touches. That pressure is called atmospheric pressure, or air pressure. It is the force forced on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.


CAUSES:


1. Height of altitude


2. Density of air


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