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The air we breathe is mostly a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. How do air molecules change when they reach altitudes above 100 km?



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As you increase in altitude, there are fewer air molecules. Due to the lower amounts of air molecules, the atmospheric pressure decreases causing the air to be harder to breath in.