https://www.pitara.com/tags/air-pressure/Recent content in Air Pressure on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSun, 14 Jun 2026 08:10:32 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-the-weight-of-air/Fri, 14 May 2004 14:07:53 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-the-weight-of-air/<p>As you stand in the middle of a playground or while you are sitting in your class, there is an immense weight right over your head, but you do not feel it! This is the weight of the atmosphere, or air, as we know it.</p> <p>Composed of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases, it surrounds the earth like an envelope. And, it extends almost a thousand kilometres above the Earth&rsquo;s surface.</p> <p>Like all other substances, air also has weight. Imagine, we are actually talking about a thousand-kilometre high column of air above our heads. This is known as the atmospheric pressure.</p>