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Have students figure out what the temperature would be at each level. For this exercise assume that you are on the equator, and that the temperature drops 3.5° for every 1000 feet of elevation. If your students find this hard to do, tell them that for every 3000 feet that the temperature drops 10.5° as you go up the mountain. (Slides 22-24) ................
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