Question

Places near the equator are extremely hot whereas , places near the poles are extremely cold . Write 4 points

Answer 1

because the sunlight reaches more ate equator and less at poles as the sunlight cant be direct to the poles

the equator is closer to the sun. ... Because the sun's rays hit the earth's surface at a higher angle at the equator.

Average annual temperatures in equatorial lowlands are around 31 °C (88 °F) during the afternoon and 23 °C (73 °F) around sunrise.

In July 1913, observers in Furnace Creek, California—Death Valley—watched the thermometer reach 56.7°C (134°F) and declared it to be the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.