If the air temperature is 70°F at sea level, what is the temperature at the top of Pike’s Peak (elevation 14,000 ft )? (Hint: The temperature decreases rather uniformly in the troposphere.) What is the cloud root name that means “heap”? (19.5) (a) Stratus           (c) nimbus (b) Cirrus              (d) cumulus

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If the air temperature is 70°F at sea level, what is the temperature at the top of Pike’s Peak (elevation 14,000 ft )? (Hint: The temperature decreases rather uniformly in the troposphere.) What is the cloud root name that means “heap”? (19.5)

(a) Stratus           (c) nimbus

(b) Cirrus              (d) cumulus

 

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