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General Knowledge · Q22

Environmental Science

Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 22

Q22

In a temperature inversion:

A.
Air temperature increases with increasing height
Answer
B.
Air temperature decreases with increasing height
C.
Air temperature remains constant with increasing height
D.
It is warmer at night than during the day

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Temperature inversion, a reversal of the normal behavior of temperature in the troposphere (the region of the atmosphere nearest the Earth's surface), in which a layer of cool air at the surface is overlain by a layer of warmer air. (Under normal conditions air temperature usually decreases with height.)