Question

The __________ latitudes are the closest to the Equator and are warm all year.

A. high
B. low
C. middle
D. polar

Answer 1

The correct answer is b) low.

Step-by-step explanation:

Above the Equator (Northern Hemisphere) and below (Southern Hemisphere), there are 90 degrees latitude, divided into three latitudes of 30 degrees each: the low latitude goes from 0 to 30 degrees; the middle latitude goes from 30 to 60 degrees and the high latitude goes from 60 to 90 degrees.

The Equator is at 0 degrees, and thus, the lowest latitudes are the nearest to the Equator, since they are considered to be the areas south of the Equator and north of about 30 degrees latitude.

Answer 2

The second alternative is correct (B).

The Line of the Equator is an imaginary line that has more than 40 thousand kilometers in length, present in all the circumference of the Earth and responsible for dividing the terrestrial globe into two hemispheres: the Southern Hemisphere and North. The latitude, in turn, is the distance, in degrees, from any point on Earth relative to the Equator.

The relationship between latitude and climate occurs through the rays of the sun, which occur in different ways along the north-south axis, causing the climate to present different conditions as we change the latitudes.

Thus, the more latitudes approach the poles of the Earth, the lower the temperatures. Likewise, the closer the latitudes are to the Equator, the higher the temperatures.

Thus, low latitudes are the closest to the equator and are warm all year.