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Looking Back: Atmospheric Structure

 
Assess your understanding of concepts related to this chapter section by answering the questions below before proceeding with this chapter. Click the question to reveal the correct answer.
The normal lapse rate of temperature is the average decrease in temperature with an increase in elevation. The environmental lapse rate is the decrease in temperature with an increase in elevation at any given time.
A temperature inversion is a situation in which air temperature increases with increasing elevation.
The ionosphere absorbs cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-rays, and shorter wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation. THe ozonosphere absorbs 97% of the Sun's ultraviolet light that can be harmful to life on earth.

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