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Figure I.8 A shallow layer The atmosphere is an integral part of the planet. (NASA) Image of the atmosphere taken from the space shuttle. The thin streaks, called noctilucent clouds, are 80 km (50 mi) high. It is in the dense troposphere that practically all weather phenomena occur. 160 140 – 120 – 100 Noctilucent clouds 08 36 22 60 40 32 20 Top of troposphere 20 - 18 28 0- 16 Earth's surface 24 14 NASA 20 12 Air pressure at top of Mt. Everest (29,035 ft) is 314 mb 90% of the atmosphere is below 16 km (10 mi) 16 10 50% of 8 atmosphere lies below this altitude 12 The air pressure atop Mt. Everest is about one-third that at sea level. 6 8 4 4 Average sea-level pressure is slightly more than 1000 millibars (about 14.7 Ib./sq. in) 200 400 600 800 1000 Pressure (mb) Altitude in kilome ters (km) Altitude (km) || || | | | || | | | | | | Altitude (miles)

Figure I.8 A shallow layer The atmosphere is an integral part of the planet. (NASA) Image of the atmosphere taken from the space shuttle. The thin streaks, called noctilucent clouds, are 80 km (50 mi) high. It is in the dense troposphere that practically all weather phenomena occur. 160 140 – 120 – 100 Noctilucent clouds 08 36 22 60 40 32 20 Top of troposphere 20 - 18 28 0- 16 Earth's surface 24 14 NASA 20 12 Air pressure at top of Mt. Everest (29,035 ft) is 314 mb 90% of the atmosphere is below 16 km (10 mi) 16 10 50% of 8 atmosphere lies below this altitude 12 The air pressure atop Mt. Everest is about one-third that at sea level. 6 8 4 4 Average sea-level pressure is slightly more than 1000 millibars (about 14.7 Ib./sq. in) 200 400 600 800 1000 Pressure (mb) Altitude in kilome ters (km) Altitude (km) || || | | | || | | | | | | Altitude (miles)

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Refer to the graph in Figure I.8 to answer the following questions.
a. If you were to climb to the top of Mount Everest, how many
breaths of air would you have to take at that altitude to equal one
breath at sea level?
b. If you were flying in a commercial jet at an altitude of 12 kilometers
(about 39,000 feet), about what percentage of the atmosphere
would be below the plane? 

Figure I.8 A shallow layer The atmosphere is an integral part of the planet. (NASA) Image of the atmosphere taken from the space shuttle. The thin streaks, called noctilucent clouds, are 80 km (50 mi) high. It is in the dense troposphere that practically all weather phenomena occur. 160 140 – 120 – 100 Noctilucent clouds 08 36 22 60 40 32 20 Top of troposphere 20 - 18 28 0- 16 Earth's surface 24 14 NASA 20 12 Air pressure at top of Mt. Everest (29,035 ft) is 314 mb 90% of the atmosphere is below 16 km (10 mi) 16 10 50% of 8 atmosphere lies below this altitude 12 The air pressure atop Mt. Everest is about one-third that at sea level. 6 8 4 4 Average sea-level pressure is slightly more than 1000 millibars (about 14.7 Ib./sq. in) 200 400 600 800 1000 Pressure (mb) Altitude in kilome ters (km) Altitude (km) || || | | | || | | | | | | Altitude (miles)
Transcribed Image Text:Figure I.8 A shallow layer The atmosphere is an integral part of the planet. (NASA) Image of the atmosphere taken from the space shuttle. The thin streaks, called noctilucent clouds, are 80 km (50 mi) high. It is in the dense troposphere that practically all weather phenomena occur. 160 140 – 120 – 100 Noctilucent clouds 08 36 22 60 40 32 20 Top of troposphere 20 - 18 28 0- 16 Earth's surface 24 14 NASA 20 12 Air pressure at top of Mt. Everest (29,035 ft) is 314 mb 90% of the atmosphere is below 16 km (10 mi) 16 10 50% of 8 atmosphere lies below this altitude 12 The air pressure atop Mt. Everest is about one-third that at sea level. 6 8 4 4 Average sea-level pressure is slightly more than 1000 millibars (about 14.7 Ib./sq. in) 200 400 600 800 1000 Pressure (mb) Altitude in kilome ters (km) Altitude (km) || || | | | || | | | | | | Altitude (miles)
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