One nice example of a(roughly) constant rate of change in nature is the environm

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One nice example of a(roughly) constant rate of change in nature is the environmental lapse rate,the rate of change of the atmospheric temperature with respect to changes in altitude. The standard environmental lapse rate is 6.49 K/km;1 this rate is valid from sea level to 11 kilometers above the earth’s surface.

(a) Using the covariational way of thinking about CRoC stated above, explain what this lapse rate means about changes in atmospheric temperature and changes in altitude.

linear function has an initial value and a constant rate of change (CRoC) m

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Given that standard environmental lapse rate is 6.49 K/km.

which is negative and that means as the height from surface of the earth increases by 1 km, then atmospheric temperature decreases by 6.49 K.

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