The statement is - True.
The five main factors that determine the weather at a certain place are the:
- geographic location/latitude
It determines the amount of sunlight, as well as the concentration of sun rays, which directly influences the temperature.
- altitude/height above sea level
The lower the place the warmer it is, the higher the place the colder it is, it is a simple rule that applies for all places on the planet, compared with places in their surroundings.
- ocean currents/large lakes
The ocean currents can bring cold and dry or warm and wet air masses, depending on what kind of an ocean current it is. The water also contributes to a more stable weather, with more moderate temperatures because of the thermal properties of the water to cool of and warm up slower than the land.
- winds
The air masses can bring cold and dry or warm and wet weather, so they influence the temperature and precipitation of a place.
- topography
Determines how much a place is exposed to the sunlight and the movement of the air masses.
4. When you look up to the sky, it appears as a dark circle with halo light at its edges moving across the face of the sun. As it does, depending on the relative position of the person on earth – that determines where they are on the umbra or penumbra of the eclipse, the place becomes a daytime twilight (umbra) or partial twilight (penumbra).
5. A new moon is formed when the moon is in between the sun and the earth. This is converse to the case of a lunar eclipse where the earth is between the sun and moon. In a new moon, the face of the moon that is faced towards the earth is dark because it is not lit by the sun. It is important to note that a solar eclipse is not formed because the moon’s orbit, around the earth, is tilted at an angle.
