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How does air temperature change with altitude?

Very noticeable. When on the surface of the earth, for example, 15 ° C, at a height of 1000 m it is already 8,5 ° C, 2000 m - 2 ° C, 5000 m - -17,5 ° C, and at a ten-kilometer altitude - fifty degrees below zero.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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How can poisonous mushrooms be distinguished?

The best rule of thumb when identifying poisonous and edible mushrooms is never to taste them! Despite all sorts of advice, all sorts of "ways" to distinguish them, you can't eat mushrooms that you don't know. The safest mushrooms are sold in the store!

There are many misconceptions about mushrooms in humans. Some believe that a silver spoon will darken if you mix poisonous mushrooms that you are cooking with it. This "way" is wrong!

It is also not true that some mushrooms will harm you if you just touch them. There is practically no difference between edible and poisonous mushrooms. They belong to the same family!

Another misconception about mushrooms is that pink-leafed mushrooms are edible. It is based on the fact that two types of edible mushrooms have pink plates under their caps, while the most poisonous mushrooms are equipped with white plates. But the fact is that this difference is negligible in practice. In addition, in many edible mushrooms, these plates are not pink at all. In England, there is only one type of poisonous mushroom, called "dead cap". At first, the mushroom looks like an egg half buried in the ground, then the cap becomes olive or greenish-yellow with a dark center and a white stem.

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