A lifted dry parcel cools at the dry adiabatic rate. If the environment cools faster with height, the parcel becomes warmer and less dense than its surroundings, so its upward displacement grows. The atmosphere is unstable, C. Equal lapse rates would instead give dry neutral stability.
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