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littleanan

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Conditional instability occurs whenever the environmental lapse rate is ____ the moist adiabatic rate and the dry adiabatic rate.
   a. higher than
   b. less than
   c. between
   d. the same as
   e. double

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On rare occasions when the environmental lapse rate exceeds about ____ (the autoconvective lapse rate), convection becomes spontaneous, resulting in the automatic overturning of the air.
   a. 3.4 degrees Celsius per 10 m
   b. 3.4 degrees Celsius per 1,000 m
   c. 34 degrees Celsius per 100 m
   d. 34 degrees Celsius per 10,000 m
   e. 3.4 degrees Celsius per 100 m


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yifu223

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: e


littleanan

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Gracias!

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