Lifting Mechanisms In each available text box below, indicate the correct choice of the two answer options given. Then, when prompted to do so, "drag and drop" the appropriate graphic above that matches the uplift mechanism discussed in three of the paragraphs below. Convergent uplift occurs when air enters a center of 27. low pressure/low pressure/high pressure. As air converges into the center of a cyclone, it is forced 28. to rise/fall off the surface. As the air rises it 29. expands/contracts, 30. cools/warms and water vapor condenses. Convergent and convective uplift are the two most important uplift mechanisms for condensation in the 31. tropics/subtropics/mid-latitudes. Under the intense sun, surface heating causes the moist tropical air to 32. rise/fall. Convergence of the trade winds in the Intertropical convergence zone creates copious rainfall in the wet tropics as well. 33. "Drag and drop" (insert) matching graphic in the SRS. A parcel of air is uplifted when it initially gains heat from the surface causing convective uplift. When the air is warmed by the surface, it will 34. expand/shrink and become more 35. dense/less dense relative to air that surrounds it. Being more 36. dense/less dense than the air that surrounds it, the air becomes buoyant and begins to rise. Because atmospheric pressure 37. increases/decreases with height, the parcel of air expands and 38. cools/shrinks and cools. If the air cools to its dew point temperature saturation occurs and condensation begins. The elevation above the 39. surface/below the surface where condensation begins is called the condensation level. 40. "Drag and drop" (insert) matching graphic here on the SRS:.