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Why are temperatures hotter in locations near the equator?

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Most of the heat from the sun is directed onto the equator
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Temperatures are hitter around the equator because the equator is the part of the earth that has the most heat from the sun directed onto it unlike the north and south pole that have snow because they are farther away
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