Air Temperature Decreases with Increasing Altitude; This Rate of Cooling

question 58

Multiple Choice

Air temperature decreases with increasing altitude; this rate of cooling is called the

• A)dry adiabatic lapse rate.
• B)a moist adiabatic rate.
• C)environmental lapse rate.

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