The closer you get to the equator the warmer it gets. The farther away from the equator, the colder it gets.
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Stranger202 - The distance to the Sun is not shorter at the equator. It's warmer at the equator because of the angle of the sunlight that strikes the earth at the equator.
At the equator sunlight strikes the Earth at about 90 degrees to the ground surface which is optimal for warming the ground and the air. The angle becomes something less than 90 degrees as you move away from the equator and less optimal for warming, thus it's cooler or even cold if you move far enough from the equator.
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Heather - What you say applies to altitude, not latitude.
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Let's think.
The Earth is 93 million miles from Earth. The surface temperature can change substantially when moving only fractionally to smaller lattitude numbers. When you take the percentage of distance you may have moved closer to the sun, do you really think that distance to the sun makes a difference?
Its all about the angle. The seasons change because the Southern Hemisphere gets more direct sunlight in the months considered fall and winter by folks in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Latitude affect the climate by the land breeze and sea breeze.
IT does'nt= Latitude and Longitude are only directions used by shipping on the water. Mike
The distance from the sun to earth is shorter at the equator than the north/south poles. Therefore the heat waves have less distance to travel, so the middle of the equator has hotter temperatures throughout the year.
The higher you go in the atmosphere the larger space between particles are so there is less oxygen and it also becomes colder because the earth actually creates its own heat. So the further away from earth you go the colder it gets
Distance and angle from the Sun.
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