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berenicecastro

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Assuming the average value of the environmental lapse rate, what would be the temperature in the tropopause at a height of 3 km if the temperature at the surface is 20C?
 
  A) 9.2C
  B) 32.9C
  C) 0.5C
  D) The answer cannot be calculated with the information given.

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Which of these pairs of processes, working together, will make the atmosphere most unstable?
 
  A) warm the surface and cool the air aloft B) cool the surface and cool the air aloft
  C) cool the surface and warm the air aloft D) warm the surface and warm the air aloft


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s.meritte

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


berenicecastro

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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