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When writing your FRQ responses, a picture is worth a thousand words! If you can sketch out a
labeled diagram of what you are describing, it will go a long way in improving your score.Now, for the remaining time, we can refer to the detailed outline and complete
the response, adding details and examples where necessary.
From the equator to 30° north and south latitudes, Hadley cells exist.
Since this area of Earth receives the greatest solar radiation due to Earth’s
axis tilt, this area of Earth is the warmest. Near the equator, this warm,
moist air rises. As the warm air rises, it begins to cool and become denser.
Since cooler air cannot hold as much water vapor as warmer air, the
humidity of the air increases to the point where clouds are produced. This,
in turn, causes great amounts of rainfall. Monthly average temperatures are
quite high at sea level, and there is no winter. Vegetation near sea level is
tropical rainforest. In these tropical systems, temperature variations from
day to night are greater than from season to season. Tropical rainforests,
which extend about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) north and south of the equator,
are found in South and Central America, Africa, and southeast Asia.
Climatic conditions can include rain throughout the year, monsoons—a
short, dry season followed by a heavy, rainy period, and tropical savanna