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El origen de una formación tormentosa es consecuencia:The origin of a thunderstorm formation is the result of:

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Correct answer: d) Answers a) and b) are correct.

Why it is correct

Thunderstorms originate when cold air aloft interacts with warm air below in unstable equilibrium, so that any vertical motion started keeps accelerating.

Why the others are not

  • a) True, and b is also true.
  • b) Defines unstable equilibrium, together with a.
  • c) Surface cold stabilizes the air instead of breeding storms.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Thunderstorm: cold air aloft + unstable equilibrium.

Where this question comes from

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