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What do we call temperature changes caused by changes in air pressure?

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Adiabatic As air is heated it expands becoming less dense and lighter. Because it is lighter, it rises up above the cooler air. As it raises it begins to expand because there is less pressure the higher you go in the atmosphere which allows the air molecules to spread out.

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