Let us Remember (Page 49) While the climate around the Equator is extremely hot, as the latitude increases it becomes Class 7
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Let us Remember (Page 49) While the climate around the Equator is extremely hot, as the latitude increases it becomes Class 7
While the climate around the Equator is extremely hot, as the latitude increases it becomes temperate and then cold or frigid. Why is this so? Class 7
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The climate changes with latitude because of how the sun's rays hit a particular area on the Earth. At the Equator, the Sun's rays are perpendicular and so all energy is focussed on a smaller area of the Earth's suface and making it very hot. As you move towards the poles, the rays are inclined or oblique, and the energy is distributed over a larger surface resulting in cooler temperatures.