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What happens when an air parcel rises higher in the troposphere

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Answer: What happens to air as it rises into the troposphere?

Select one:

a. Gets cooler

b. Molecules become more tightly packed

c. Water vapor condenses

d. All of the above - Is the correct answer

Answer: All of the above

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Answer:Once a parcel rises into the upper troposphere it is so cold that the wet adiabatic and dry adiabatic lapse rates will approach each other. A parcel of air expands and becomes less dense as it rises. This occurs because the air pressure lowers around the parcel as it increases in altitude.

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