The rate at which the temperature changes inside a rising (or descending) parcel of saturated air is called the ____ rate
a. environmental lapse
b. dry adiabatic
c. moist adiabatic
d. latent heat release
e. specific heat release
ANSWER: c
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-vision -globalization -manifestation -political geography -state boundaries