Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism primarily responsible for most clouds observed?
A) Surface heating and free convection
B) Uplift along topography
C) Differences to air pressure caused by a rapidly increasing moist adiabatic rate in a thermal
D) Widespread ascent due to convergence of surface air
E) Uplift along weather fronts
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