Factors affecting climate include all of the following except
a.
precipitation.
c.
altitude.
b.
distance from the Equator.
d.
distance from the Prime Meridian.
Answers
Answer:
d) distance from the Prime Meridian
Explanation:
The prime meridian is the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around the Earth. The prime meridian is arbitrary, meaning it could be chosen to be anywhere. Hence the distance from the Prime Meridian does not affect the climate.
Answer:
Option d - distance from the Prime Meridian is the correct answer.
Explanation:
a) Precipitation: The profound and the frequency of precipitation are affected by climatic change. The amount of water that evaporates into the air is increased by the warmer oceans. Frozen water forms in the atmosphere and comes back to the Earth. It can be in the form of rain, snow and sleet. It is one of the major parts of the global water cycle.
b) Altitude: Areas at a higher altitude have colder temperatures and areas at lower altitudes have warmer temperatures. For every 100 metres rise in altitude temperature decreases by 1°C. Distance from the sea oceans cool down and heat up much more slowly than land.
c) Distance from the Equator: At the poles, the Sun's rays reach the Earth's surface at lower angles and they incline through a thicker layer of atmosphere at the equator. This means the climate is cooler at the poles than near the equator.
d) Distance from the Prime Meridian: The Prime Meridian is 0 longitude. It is the starting point from where the distance around the Earth can be measured from East and West. It does not affect the climate.
Hence, distance from the Prime Meridian does not affect the climatic changes.