Multiple Choice
The principal controls and influences of temperature patterns include
A) Earth's tilt, rotation, revolution, and sphericity.
B) latitude, altitude, land-water heating differences, cloud cover, ocean currents, and surface conditions.
C) the distance of the Earth from the sun and sunspot activity.
D) the seasons and human activity.
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