Question

Temperature varies from place to place with latitude and altitude. It may increase or decrease depending upon the factors that affect temperature. Certain anomalies may also develop on account of unique combination of factors. The inversion of temperature would mean that the _________.

• A. Temperature decreases with elevation
• B. Temperature is constant at different elevations
• C. Temperature decreases and then increases with elevation
• D. Temperature changes along the same latitude

Answer 1

The correct option is C Temperature decreases and then increases with elevation

• Normally when we move up the altitude the temperature decreases with a certain rate called the normal lapse rate.
• However, sometimes there is inversion or change in this property and the temperature after a certain height starts to increase rather than decreasing. This is called inversion of temperature, thus option C is correct.