Temperatures within the stratosphere
A) decrease with altitude according to the normal lapse rate.
B) remain about the same from the tropopause to the stratopause.
C) increase with altitude because of the absorption of ultraviolet radiation.
D) decrease with altitude due to radiation losses.

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Temperatures in the stratosphere increase with altitude because the ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation, which warms the air.

Temperatures Within the Stratosphere