Complete each the statement below by providing answers in the blanks. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
12. As the altitude _________, air temperature increases.
E. Relief/ topography 13. The dry region on the leeward side is called the ____________. 14. The side of the mountain facing the wind and has low temperature is the _________. 15. The side of the mountain which experiences high temperature is the ________.
F. Nearness to bodies of water 16. Bodies of water can affect areas __________. 17. ________ absorbs and releases heat more slowly tham land. 18. Places that are _________ the oceans have moderate climate as the body of water regulates temperature.
12.The air temperature diminishes as we move from the equator towards the poles because the sun's ray's reach the earth at an angle outside the tropics. So the temperature decreases