The Principal Controls and Influences of Temperature Patterns Include

question 128

Multiple Choice

The principal controls and influences of temperature patterns include

• A) Earth's tilt, rotation, revolution, and sphericity.
• B) latitude, altitude, land-water heating differences, cloud cover, ocean currents, and surface conditions.
• C) the distance of the Earth from the sun and sunspot activity.
• D) the seasons and human activity.

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