@badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 8 months agoIf hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?message-square52arrow-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 • 8 months agomessage-square52
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish14•8 months agoCalvin’s Dad: “Because the hot air rose all the way to space and isn’t on the mountain anymore.”
minus-square@milicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•8 months agoThat must be why it’s still warm in aeroplanes that fly higher than Everest.
minus-square@milicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•8 months 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.