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Variable Weather and Changing Climate
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What is latitude (distance from the Equator)?Show answer
Latitude is how far a place is from the Equator, and it is the main control on temperature. Near the Equator the Sun is high in the sky, so its energy is concentrated on a small area and temperatures are high all year. Further from the Equator the Sun is lower, so the same energy is spread over a larger area and temperatures are lower. This is why the tropics are hot and the poles are cold.
What is altitude (height above sea level)?Show answer
Altitude affects temperature: it falls as you go higher, by about 6.5 degrees Celsius for every 1,000 metres. This is because the air becomes thinner with height and holds heat less well. So even in the tropics, high mountains can be cold.
What is q1?Show answer
Explain why temperatures are high near the Equator. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
State how temperature changes as altitude increases, and give the approximate rate. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Name the type of rainfall caused by strong heating making air rise rapidly. [1 mark]
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