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  7. <b>pressure</b>
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  9. Although it might be difficult to notice, the particles in the air around us exert a certain amount of pressure on us. This pressure decreases when you move to higher altitudes where the air is thinner. At sea level, the atmospheric pressure is 101.36 kPa. 
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