On rare occasions when the environmental lapse rate exceeds about ____ (the autoconvective lapse rate), convection becomes spontaneous, resulting in the automatic overturning of the air
a. ?3.4 degrees Celsius per 10 m
b. ?3.4 degrees Celsius per 1,000 m
c. ?34 degrees Celsius per 100 m
d. ?34 degrees Celsius per 10,000 m
e. ?3.4 degrees Celsius per 100 m
ANSWER: e
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