What causes places near the equator to receive more direct sunlight than the poles? the poles are farther away from the sun than the equator the tilt of the earth on its axis places that are far away from the equator have more cloud cover, which blocks the sun's light places that are far away from the equator have more wind which cools the air

On his honeymoon, james joule attempted to explore the relationships between various forms of energy by measuring the rise of temperature of water which had fallen down a waterfall on mount blanc. what maximum temperature rise would one expect for a waterfall with a vertical drop of 20 m? the specific heat of water is 4186 j/kg ∙ k. a)0.064 c° b)0.053 c° c)0.071 c° d)0.047 c°