Why does a plastic bottle that is sealed at a high altitude change its shape when it is taken to a low altitude?

At lower altitude, atmospheric pressure is greater, so more air molecules strike the outside of the bottle. The bottle was sealed at high altitude, where the outside pressure was lower; the increased pressure at low altitude can squeeze it and change its shape. This matches choice C, that more gas molecules strike the outside as altitude decreases.

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