badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down18
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoCalvin’s Dad: “Because the hot air rose all the way to space and isn’t on the mountain anymore.”
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThat must be why it’s still warm in aeroplanes that fly higher than Everest.
minus-squareDestide@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoAlso why cold air balloons never took off
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOh, they did take off… They just went “ppthhlppppsssssssspplpssseeeeeeeethstsplpssseeeeeeeesssssssss” and fell to the ground again.
Calvin’s Dad: “Because the hot air rose all the way to space and isn’t on the mountain anymore.”
That must be why it’s still warm in aeroplanes that fly higher than Everest.
Also why cold air balloons never took off
Oh, they did take off… They just went “ppthhlppppsssssssspplpssseeeeeeeethstsplpssseeeeeeeesssssssss” and fell to the ground again.