
Temperatures in the stratosphere ________ with increasing altitude because ________.
A) decrease of the normal lapse rate effect
B) decrease ozone blocks sunlight from entering this layer
C) increase ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and then reradiates it at infrared wavelengths
D) increase ozone acts as a greenhouse gas which traps ultraviolet energy radiated by Earth's surface
E) remain the same energy is not transmitted in this portion of the atmosphere.
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