Question

As you rise higher in Earth's atmosphere, the atmospheric pressure
A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains the same

Answer 1

Take a guess I will help u after:)

Answer 2

I'm guessing it decreases since increases was the wrong, answer. I need a trick to help me remember it though

Answer 3

You're right :-) It decreases. "Pressure decreases with increasing altitude. The pressure at any level in the atmosphere may be interpreted as the total weight of the air above a unit area at any elevation. At higher elevations, there are fewer air molecules above a given surface than a similar surface at lower levels."

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/prs/hght.rxml