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The "sub-solar point" is the point on Earth where the Sun is straight up, at a 90 degree angle to the ground. This point moves around the Earth each day as the Earth rotates, and appears to move north and south over the course of the year.
The sub-solar point is exactly on the equator at the moment of the two equinoxes.
In March, the sub-solar point is moving north as it crosses the equator; in September, the sub-solar point is moving south across the equator. In June, the sub-solar point creeps up to the Tropic of Cancer and then heads south again. In December, the sub-solar point gets all the way south to the Tropic of Capricorn at the winter solstice.
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What occurs when the sun's most direct rays hit the equator and the day experiences equal amounts of light and dark?
The Sun is never ON the equator, it is above the equator twice a year - the spring equinox and the fall equinox.
Why Africa is called the most tropical of all continents?
the suns rays hit the equator directly and that means that near the equator is tropical. the equator runs right through Africa.
Why was Stanley bulled in holes?
Zigzag hit him in the head with the shovel.
Which movie produced Whitney Houston's hit I Will Always Love You?
The Bodygaurd
What occurs during the autumnal equinox?
The Autumnal Equinox occurs in September when the length of day and night is nearly equal. This is when the sun shines directly on the equator. People often have equinox parties to celebrate this date.
Why the hottest areas near the equator?
The hottest area's are always near the equator because the equator is the closest point you can get to the center of the Earth and that is where all the lava and hot stuff come from like in volcano's
The celestial equator always crosses the horizon at the east point and west point?
This is true. The celestial equator ... the line of zero declination ... crosses the horizon due east and due west. However, the ecliptic ... the apparent path of the sun through the stars ... is inclined to the celestial equator, and can hit the horizon anywhere within 23.5 degrees north or south of the east-west directions, depending on the time of day and day of the year.
Why are climates located farther from the equator cooler than those to the equator?
Its is cooler because of earths tilt the sun's ultraviolet rays hit most directly on the equator so it is hotter by the equator so the farther from the equator the cooler.
Can one hit pressure points quickly and a maner of seconds?
One should always hit quickly. And if it takes you a matter of seconds, you are much too slow to be in a fight. And you can always hit a pressure point, as long as you know where they are.
Why are climates located farther from the equator cooler than those closer to the equator?
Its is cooler because of earths tilt the sun's ultraviolet rays hit most directly on the equator so it is hotter by the equator so the farther from the equator the cooler.
Where do the most concentrated rays of the sun hit the earth?
The rays of the sun are most concentrated at the point on earth that's on the line from the sun's center to the earth's center. That would be at 'noon' at some point in the earth's Tropic Zone ... always within 23.5 degrees north or south of the equator, and to a person standing at that point, the sun would appear directly over his head. On March 21 and September 21, the point is exactly on the equator. On June 21, it's 23.5 degrees north, and on December 21, it's 23.5 degrees south. At other times, it's somewhere else between those latitudes. Notice that if you're more than 23.5 degrees north or south of the equator, the sun can never appear directly over your head.
Why there is no difference in weather near the equator?
there isn't any difference in the weather near the equator because that is where the rays of the sun hit
Does the temperature usually get cooler or warmer as you get closer to equator?
The temperature gets hotter as you get closer to the equator and colder as you leave the equator. This has to do with how the sun's rays hit earth.
Why is it warm by the equator line?
The suns rays and heat hit it directly
How does the suns ray hit the Bahamas?
The Bahamas are just north of Cuba, still near the Equator. So the Sun's rays hit them more directly than at any where further north or south of the Equator.
How is temperature and latitude related?
In this case, we'll have to talk about the equator.Temperature gets warmer the closer you go to equator. The equator is at 0 degrees latitude. We're not talking about degrees in temperature, we are talking about GPS degrees.Most of the time, the smaller the # of the latitude, the warmer it may get. Since the equator always gets sunlight all year round, the closer you get to it, the warmer it'll get.In the Northern Hemisphere, you have to go south to get to the equator.In the Southern Hemisphere, you have to go north the get to the equator.
How does the Equator affect the climate?
The climate at the equator is warm to hot and wet all year round. It can also be a humid climate.
