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Why is the amount of energy transfer different depending on how high an air parcel travels?

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When the parcel rises, its volume expands as it strives to maintain equilibrium with the lower pressure outside the air mass and pushes into the surrounding atmosphere. In this way, some of the thermal energy added to the air is used for expansion rather than warming.

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