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Can the temperature ever rise with altitude in the real atmosphere?Wouldn’t this cause the air pressure to increaseupward? Explain the physics of this situation.

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Chapter19: The Atmosphere

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Can the temperature ever rise with altitude in the real atmosphere?
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