As the altitude increases within Earth’s troposphere, air temperature generally...?

Question

decreases only.
increases only.
decreases, then increases.
increases, then decreases.

Answer 1

decreases only unless there's something called an "inversion" happening but its not too often and its concentrated, and still per 1000 feet the temperature decreases about 1.98 degrees C. this is because the suns radiation hits the earth when the ground absorbs it it comes out as heat which is the way temperature is created therefore the further you are from the ground the colder it will be because the heat generated by solar radiation will have a harder time reaching the altitude.




ps. the answer below, the info is correct but if the question is about just the troposphere then no but if its the whole atmosphere then hes got it

Answer 2

decreases then increases, if you are looking not more than a few miles upwards then as pressure decreases temperature also decreases, but there is a point in which temperatures start reaching 1000*C to 1700*C that is while in the Thermosphere (a layer in the atmosphere) when ions receive the sun's immense radiation and absorb it reaching temperatures hot enough to melt iron & steel, yet there is not much heat there (heat is the transfer of energy from one physical object to the other) so it'd only measure about 500-700*C.

Answer 3

Decreases only as the atmosphere is transparent to the direct short wave solar radiation and is heated from below by the reflected long wave solar radiation(terrestial radiation) by the earth's surface.

Answer 4

It decreases only. Every 1,000 feet higher, the temperature drops 3.3F