How does the temperature of Earth's atmosphere vary with height over the range 0 to 120 km?
A) It remains approximately constant at room temperature over the whole range.
B) It always remains well below the surface temperature.
C) It decreases and then increases 2 or 3 times.
D) It rises steadily until it reaches a high and constant value above 120 km.
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