Original Project
Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements
The pattern of the rise and fall of air temperature over a day and over a year at any given place on the surface…
Item WC094001: Air temperature decreases with increasing distance above sea level.
As a family climbs a mountain, they notice that it is windier, cloudier, and feels colder the higher they climb. What could explain why the air feels colder higher on the mountain?
- The air temperature is actually the same high on the mountain as it is lower down, but the air would feel colder because it is windier.
- The air temperature is actually the same high on the mountain as it is lower down, but the air could feel colder because they are closer to the clouds.
- Air temperature would actually increase the higher they climb because they are getting closer to the sun, but the air could feel colder because it is windier.
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The air could feel colder because air temperature decreases the farther the air is above sea level.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 1584 |
6–8 n = 946 |
9–12 n = 635 |
Male n = 734 |
Female n = 824 |
English n = 1409 |
Other n = 128 |
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| A. | 12% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 9% |
| B. | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 16% |
| C. | 16% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 26% |
| D. | 59% | 58% | 59% | 58% | 59% | 60% | 50% |