Why is the wet adiabatic rate of cooling less that the dry adiabatic rate?

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During a wet adiabatic process, water vapor condenses. This releases latent heat which partially reduces the cooling process.

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a. selective forces b. more c. allopatric speciation d. microevolutionary events e. communicate f. interbreed g. less h. gene pool i. symmetric speciation j. macroevolutionary events

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The two continents that fit together well and split relatively to one another were

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While following an Ekman spiral, ocean currents will have turned about this many degrees upon reaching a depth of approximately 100 meters: ________

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Which of the following is determined by measuring the amplitude of waves recorded from an earthquake?

A) focus or hypocenter B) intensity C) epicenter D) magnitude

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