How do equatorial regions and polar regions on Earth compare in terms of the number of hours
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How do equatorial regions and polar regions on Earth compare in terms of the number of hours of sunlight in a year? Why are polar regions so much colder?
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Conceptual Physical Science
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Authors: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt
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