The surface pressures at the bases of warm and cold columns of air are equal.Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) Pressure will decrease with increasing height at the same rate in both columns.
B) The cold air is denser than the warm air.
C) Both columns of air contain the same total number of air molecules.
D) The weight of each column of air is the same.

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Pressure decreases more rapidly with height in the cold column than in the warm column due to the higher density of cold air.

The Surface Pressures at the Bases of Warm and Cold