Think of it this way. If the entire atmosphere's temperature was
increased by say 10 degrees, the average pressure at the surface would
be as it had been, each square inch supporting about 15 pounds of air.
The 15 pounds doesn't change bcause it's hotter.



On Aug 6, 10:05 am, Dallas wrote:
Brought over from RAS:

Assuming that all other variables remain constant:

An increase in temperature will result in a higher atmospheric pressure - a
higher temperature speeds up the movement of the air molecules, thereby
raising the pressure they exert on the surrounding atmosphere.

A) True
B) False

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Dallas