On a hot day, a child drinks all the water in a plastic bottle. She then screws the cap back tightly on the bottle, so that the bottle contains only air. She throws the
bottle into a wastebasket, where the Sun shines on it. After a while in the Sun's rays,
the air in the bottle is much hotter than before.
cap screwed on
(i) State what has happened to the pressure of the air in the bottle.
Give a reason for your answer.
(ii) In terms of the behaviour of the air molecules, explain your answer
to a(i)

answer: the exterior temperature of commercial jet planes as they leave the stratosphere and return to the ground increases steadily.

explanation:

the lower most layer of atmosphere is troposphere which extends from 0 to 12 km above the surface of the earth. the temperature initially decreases as distance is increased from the earth's surface. commercial jets fly in lower part of the stratosphere. the stratosphere extends upto 50 km. the temperature in stratosphere starts rising again due to presence of ozone which traps the uv rays.

thus, when the planes leave the stratosphere and return to the ground, the exterior temperature increases steadily.