Intense sunlight causes a band of hot, rising air laden with evaporated water near the equator. This moisture then falls because
A) Its potential energy increases with height
B) Warm air cannot hold much moisture
C) The rising air cools and loses its ability to hold water vapor
D) Moisture is condensed as convection currents carry air over hotter, drier regions
E) The moisture evaporates as convection currents carry air over hotter, drier regions
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