Define climate and explain how distance from the equator affects the regions climate.

Climate is the statistics of weather over long periods of time. It is measured by assessing the patterns of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. The closer to the equator the hotter the climate.

We denominate climate to the totality of atmospheric conditions proper of a specific place of the planet, measured during a certain time. These atmospheric conditions are the temperature, the intensity of the rain, the humidity, the intensity and direction of the wind, the atmospheric pressure, among other factors. The interaction of all these factors exerts a great influence on the life forms of all the beings subjected to that climate, be they plants, animals and the human being. The climate exists as long as the atmospheric factors vary and it is possible that they are measured and compared in scales of time to know that they repeat with certain continuity and constitute a more or less stable pattern.

The distance that a place on earth has from the equator affects the climate as we approach the poles. The conditions vary in that range because the planet has an inclination in its turn with respect to the sun, due to this, the rays of the sun hit the surface of the terrestrial globe in irregular form, with greater incidence among the tropics.

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.