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Graphing the Temperature within the Atmosphere

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Musing meteorologists design graphs of the temperature and pressure changes for altitude increase in our atmosphere. The activity is pertinent to middle school earth science curriculum. Vary the type of homework you assign when teaching about the atmosphere with this worksheet.

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atmospheric pressure, the atmosphere, altitude, pressure, temperature, graphing data, graphing

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6th - 8th
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