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Geography & Local Weather

Know that different places around the world have very different typical weather — tropical places are hot and wet all year, deserts are very dry, polar regions are freezing cold — and that geography (distance from the equator, altitude, ne…

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Two towns are each 20° north of the equator. Town A sits right on a big sea, while Town B is far away from any large water. Which one of the things below can make their usual weather different?

Question 2 of 3

Sunnyvale is 7° north of the equator and sits on a plain 250 m above sea level. Frostburg is 48° north of the equator and lies right on the coast at sea level. Which reason best explains why Sunnyvale’s average temperature is usually higher than Frostburg’s?

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Two towns are at the same distance from the equator, but one is high up on a mountain and the other is on flat land. Which factor makes the mountain town usually colder?

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