Question

Give one reason to explain each of the following.
a. All changes in weather conditions occur in the troposphere.
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Answer 1

Answer:

The sun rays heats the surface of the earth and a layer of air above it. Warm air, being less dense, rises. As it does, it cools down by the adiabatic effect of a lesser pressure aloft.

But the sun rays also interfere with the oxygen (O2) and create ozone (O3) in a region we call the stratosphere. It results in a thermal inversion where warmer air is on the top of colder one and nothing rises anymore.

This is why there weather happens in the troposphere above us and not in the stratosphere. Mind you, during strong thunderstorms, some of it rises in the stratosphere. But, in general, nothing happens there.

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