What happens to the temperature in the stratosphere?
A) The temperature decreases as you move higher and farther from the warm surface of Earth.
B) The ozone in this layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, so the layer is at a uniform temperature, warmer than the troposphere below it.
C) The ozone in this layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun; the upper parts absorb the most, and what filters through is absorbed in the lower parts. Therefore, the temperature rises with altitude in the stratosphere.
D) The ozone in this layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. Convection then makes the lower parts warmer and the upper parts cooler.
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