SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Low Latitude
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Mid Latitude
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High Latitude
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Polar Latitude
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Detailed explanation-1: -The lowest latitudes get the most energy from the Sun. The highest latitudes get the least. The difference in solar energy received at different latitudes drives atmospheric circulation. Places that get more solar energy have more heat.
Detailed explanation-2: -The further a location is from the equator, the less sunlight that location receives to heat the atmosphere and thus, the temperature is colder. The reason that higher latitudes receive less sunlight is due to the shape of Earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -At higher latitudes the sun is lower in the sky, so UV rays must travel a greater distance through ozone-rich portions of the atmosphere and in turn expose those latitudes to less UV radiation. UV intensity increases with altitude because there is less atmosphere to absorb the damaging rays.