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The Tropics are the bands of the Earth located between the Tropic of Cancer at 32 degrees 26 minutes north latitude and the Tropic of Capricorn at 32 degrees, 26 minutes south latitude.
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Which area on the earth is known as the torrid zone?
Tropics
How were the tropics determined?
The tropics are located 23.4 degrees north and south of the equator. They represent the lines beyond which the sun's rays are never directly perpendicular to the earth's surface during the year. Because of the inclination of the earth's axis, regions within the tropics get the sun directly overhead at least once per year.
How do you put the word tropics in a sentence?
The tropics of africa are filled with many different animal species.
What percent of the earth's land area does North America cover?
North America covers 16.3% of the Earth's surface.
List the continents that lies completely outside the tropics?
There continents that lie completely outside of the tropics are North America, Europe, and Antarctica. Asia lies outside the tropics except for Indonesia which is sometimes considered part of that continent.
Which area on the earth is known as the torrid zone?
Tropics
What is the area of the Earth that is north of the tropics but south of the Arctic Circle known as?
temperate zone
Why are tropial rainforests called tropical rainforests?
Because they are located in an area of the Earth known as the "tropics", between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and there is an abundace of rain.
T or F The tropics are hotter than the poles because the sun strikes this area of earth more indirectly?
That depends on which area you mean when you say "this area of Earth".The sun strikes the Tropics more directly than the poles, and each poledoesn't see the sun at all during six months of the year. That's whythe polar regions are colder than the Tropics.
Is the area on earth called the tropics changing in size?
According to the geographical/astronomical definition of the tropics, that part of the earth is not changing in size. But in terms of the meteorology involved, the warm band around the earth is beginning to expand beyond the traditional boundries. This is thought to be an effect of global warming, which is underway.
Where are the tropics and polar region found?
Tropics- area near equator polar- area closer to the poles
Are the tropics the area between 23 degree north and 23 degree south lines of latitude?
Yes. That's the Earth's 'Tropic Zone'.
Where is the Tropics?
A region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.
Would you find more seasonal changes in the area between the tropics or in the areas north or south of the tropics?
You would find it in the north tropics
What is the largest single land area in the tropics?
All of Africa between the Sahara and the Kalahari is in the tropics.
Is los cabos in the tropics?
It is in a subtropical area close to the Sonoran desert but for practical purposes, yes it is in the tropics.
On which part of the earth is the suns energy the strongest?
The tropics
