There can't be a lot of wind resistance for the particles of gaseous air if most of the wind on Earth is gaseous air. All objects of the same weight and wind resistance fall at the same velocity when droped at the same time.
If around air gas particles is free space and they have weight why don't they fall?
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- 3+ months ago by webberfolds
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I made an error on the beginning line of the description, particles of gaseous air do have wind resistance from other gaseous air particles bumping into them at very fast speeds. The speed of that makes them able to stay up in the atmosphere. if they were not in motion they would fall like a stone because of gravity. I understand it now more, thank you all.
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Gravity is not a force that describes falling, alone. It also processes lighter elements into less density pressured extremities. You mostly notice this by the cycle of water, with (and without) energy to expand it's valence electron orbits.
Gravity is an attraction between elements that is very weak so it merely settles the elements to rough positions within effective field positions. Thus, they may be caught in an open area or container. Water or gold will not necessarily overcome whatever is bound to hold them, and therefore they are seen on the surface of the Earth.
So, air does fall, but it merely processes itself down to an ideal position - therefore, it equally 'falls up' (rises) when hot. Different air consistencies are noted in differing altitudes. But Generally air in the atmosphere is an aggregated so that despite having heterogenous (chemical) composition it develops close to a homogenous construction.
Final points to note, is that the moon is constantly raising the sea, land, and atmosphere. The rotation of the Earth is capable of creating the Coriolis effect and atmospherical weather and phenomena. The heat from the Sun is adequate to alter the state of gas composition playing any part in the weather. And inertia would tend to leave lighter objects exactly where they are unless the force on them was significant enough to demand an alternate altitude.
So, yeah, gas is just going to sit up high, and not automatically come down without some effect to alter the state of things.