🔍 Key Concepts
• Warm air vs. cold air density and how that affects vertical motion in the atmosphere
• What happens to air temperature and moisture when air is lifted and then cooled
• How atmospheric pressure changes with height when air rises
💭 Think About
• Think about how warm air behaves compared to cold air: does it tend to sink or rise, and what happens to its temperature as it moves upward?
• When warm, moist air is cooled, what normally happens to the water vapor in it—does it stay invisible, or does it change phase?
• As a parcel of air rises, what happens to the pressure around it—does it increase, decrease, or stay the same?
✅ Before You Answer
• For each statement (A, B, C), decide if it matches basic atmospheric science principles you already know (rising/sinking, cooling/warming, condensation).
• Ask yourself: if all parts of A, B, and C are true, then and only then could D) All of the above be correct.
• Make sure you are clear that pressure vs. height, temperature vs. height, and moisture vs. cooling are three separate ideas you must check one by one.