Global Average Temperatures for January

question 12

Multiple Choice

Global average temperatures for January.(a) Temperatures are in Celsius (convertible to Fahrenheit by means of the scale) as taken from separate air temperature databases for ocean and land.

In January,the thermal equator

• A)trends southward into the interior of South America and Africa.
• B)trends northward over all ocean basins.
• C)peaks in the interior of Eurasia.
• D)is not influenced by continentality.
• E)is highest over ocean basins.

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