The difference between a dry climate and a tropical climate is that the dry climate as you know is dry and the tropical climate is moist and wet, the compare is tropical wet climates receive much more rain than tropical dry climates do. However, the term “tropical wet and dry climate” actually refers to a single type of climate. Tropical dry climates occur in deserts, while tropical wet climates usually occur along the rainforest belt.
All layers are incredibly important. If we didn't, we would die very quickly and life would be inhabitable. The radiation from the son would kill us. The heat from the sun would dry up water and kill crops leaving us with no food/water.
Proximity means close to you. For example A few yards. Its proximity to the sun in its passage near that body.
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