Climbing to the top of mt. whitney in california, what would you expect to happen to the temperature on the mountain as you ascend?

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Climbing to the top of mt. whitney in california, what would you expect to happen to the temperature on the mountain as you ascend?

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the temperature would rise because the higher you are the colder it gets.

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