SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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near the poles
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near the equator
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at high altitudes
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far from the ocean
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Detailed explanation-1: -At higher latitudes, the Sun’s rays are less direct. The farther an area is from the equator, the lower its temperature. At the poles, the Sun’s rays are least direct. Much of the area is covered with ice and snow, which reflect a lot of sunlight.
Detailed explanation-2: -The more slanted the sun’s rays are, the longer they travel through the atmosphere, becoming more scattered and diffuse. Because the Earth is round, the frigid polar regions never get a high sun, and because of the tilted axis of rotation, these areas receive no sun at all during part of the year.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the winter solstice on the northern sphere, the sun’s rays are directly over the tropic of Capricorn. So, the sun’s rays will be the least direct on the winter solstice.