A rising parcel of unstable air:
A)can eventually escape into space.
B)can rise well into the mesosphere.
C)cannot rise very far above the tropopause.
D)will not be slowed by entrainment.

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Unstable air parcels can rise due to convection, but their ascent is generally limited by the tropopause, the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere. The temperature inversion at the tropopause acts as a barrier to vertical motion, preventing parcels from rising much further.

A Rising Parcel of Unstable Air