Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 5 - Gases - Questions & Problems - Page 215: 5.11

Answer

Pressure is constant.

Work Step by Step

This is because of the pull of the gravitational force which is more or less the same in every part of this world (9.81N/kg), meaning the same force per unit area is exerted by the same air molecules in the whole world. Hence the total pressure must remain constant.
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