Would it be easier to drink water with a straw on the top of the Mount Everest or at the base ? Explain.

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When you drink through a straw, the pressure inside the straw reduces (as the air is withdraw by mouth) and the liquid is pushed up to your mouth by atmospheric pressure. 

Thus,

Drinking with a straw makes use of pressure difference to force the liquid into your mouth. 

So, if the pressure difference is less it will be difficult to drink through a straw. 

On the top of the Mount Everest, atmospheric pressure is very low. 

Hence,

It will be difficult to drink water with a straw on the top of Mount Everest as compared to at the base.

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