What is the relationship between altitude and average temperature?

The relationship between height and average temperature are:

The higher the location of a place or area, the lower the air temperature will be, the lower the location of a place or area, the air temperature will be higher.

Effect of altitude on the temperature of the air can be imagined if you go to the mountains then you go to the beach, surely you will feel a very different temperature difference. Based on the geothermal gradient, the temperature will indeed change along with changes in altitude. Temperature differences based on height differences can be calculated using the Mock formula.

Temperature or air temperature is a condition that is felt on the surface of the earth, including hot, cool, or cold.

Changes in temperature around will affect all the properties of objects around us. The heat of the air we feel is the result of radiation from the earth that has received heat from the sun, so the layer of air near the earth's crust will be hotter than that far from the crust of the earth.

According to a study, every 1000 feet increase in air temperature will decrease by 1,98 C . Not all the heat we feel on earth comes directly from the sun. When the sun channels its heat, the earth will absorb the heat, then it will reflect it back. The higher the height of a place, the lower the air density at the place, which means the temperature will drop (colder).

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Class: Middle School

Subject: Biology

Keywords: altitude and temperature.