IF it was 85* F at ground level, what would the temp. there be at the top of a 2500-foot ( 1/2 mile), hill?

Question

A. 85* F
B. 95* F
C. 75* F
D. 80* F
E. 90* F

Answer 1

D 80 degrees F, lets convert Farenheit into celsius (which is a scale i am familiar with), 80 degrees F is 29 degrees C, and for every 1000 feet you go up, you drop 2 degrees C, so that means that for 2500 feet of altitude, you drop 3 degrees in temperature, the only two possible answers are C and D, and C, converted into Celsius gives a temperature of 24 Degrees C, which is too low. so the only possible answer is D which gives a temperature of 26 Celsius.

Answer 2

D is correct. Assuming that ground level is 0 ft elevation or sea level, at the standard atmospheric lapse rate of -2 degrees per thousand feet, the temperature on a 2500 ft hill would be 80 degree F.

Temperature usually decreases with altitude and that the rate at which it decreases is called the lapse rate. The lapse rate, commonly expressed in degrees Fahrenheit per 1,000 feet.

Answer 3

I will compromise on c 75 F For the atmosphere, the drop in temperature of rising, unsaturated air is about 10 degrees C/1000 meters (5 ½ deg F per 1000 feet) altitude.

Answer 4

It loses about 5 degrees per 1000 feet, due to adiabaic cooling, so E, 75 is the only reasonable answer.

Answer 5

The adiabatic lapse rate is close to 3 degrees per thousand feet (in the lower atmosphere). So, answers C and D are closest.

At higher altitudes the lapse rate changes (and reverses).

Answer 6

there is no corolation to temp vs altitude it is only truly related to the light energy being absorbed by what your measuring at the time.