Rising air, warmed by the release of latent heat, cools at a rate called ________.
A) stability
B) the average lapse rate
C) the dry adiabatic lapse rate
D) the saturated adiabatic lapse rate
E) the variable lapse rate

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When rising air becomes saturated and forms clouds, it no longer cools at the dry adiabatic lapse rate but instead cools at a slower rate called the saturated adiabatic lapse rate. Option D is the only choice that refers to this phenomenon.

Rising Air, Warmed by the Release of Latent Heat, Cools