When the Environmental Lapse Rate Is Greater Than the Dry

question 15

Multiple Choice

When the environmental lapse rate is greater than the dry adiabatic rate,________.

• A)surface air will rise and fall
• B)surface air will rise,form clouds,and fall
• C)surface air cannot rise and will be trapped beneath colder air above
• D)surface air will rise and continue to rise
• E)surface air will not rise because this is the normal condition

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Definitions:

Population Size

The total number of individual organisms inhabiting a particular area or environment at a given time.

Inbreeding

The mating of closely related individuals, which can increase the chance of offspring inheriting identical copies of genes from both parents, potentially leading to a greater risk of recessive genetic disorders.

Deleterious Alleles

Deleterious alleles are variants of genes that negatively affect the fitness or survival of an individual carrying them.

Homozygosity

The state of having two identical alleles at a particular gene locus, leading to the expression of a specific trait.