Jon G. answered • 01/14/18
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Hi Faith from Baltimore, MD...I'm back to assist you.
Good question. This will also help with understanding about your question on why the equator has a different temperature as compared to the poles.
Do you have a fireplace, a heater or furnace?
Here is a simple experiment to conduct.
Stand 2 feet from the fireplace, heater or furnace for let's say 5 minutes. Now, stand 10 feet from the fireplace, heater or furnace. You can guesstimate on the distances. What do you experience?
Why do you think you are warmer or not as warm, depending on the distance from the heat source? What happened to the heat?
Now, think of that as it applies to the light from the sun, as it hits our Earth on the Equator and the poles, which would be warmer and which would be not as warm? Why? Another question is, what happens to the heat?
If you need any further assistance, please feel free to contact me.
J
