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This is because the sun's rays directly fall near and in the equator. Thus the places near the equator are hot. The sun's rays falls slantingly towards the poles and so, the poles are not so hot....

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Yes, they are, usually, but don't forget about altitude. The Andes Mountains, in Ecuador, in South America, are on the equator and they have snow all the year round.

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They are called ' tropics'. :D

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