Observation

Few candidates attempted this question and their performance was poor. Examples of the various categories of clouds include:

Examples of high clouds
-           cirrus               (ci)
-           cirrocumulus    (cc)
-           cirrostratus      (cs)
Examples of medium clouds
-           altocumulus     (Alt-cu)
-           altostratus        (Alt-st)
Examples of low clouds
-           stratocumulus   (st-cu)
-           stratus              (st)
-           nimbostratus    (Ni-st)
A description of how latitude affects temperature goes thus:
-           temperatures at low latitudes are usually higher than temperatures at higher latitudes
-           due to the earth’s inclination, the midday sun is always overhead at the tropics
-           Sun’s  rays at the tropics travel through a shorter distance
-           resulting in the minimal loss of heat
-           sun’s  rays heat up  a smaller area at the tropics
-           this phenomenon results in generating high temperatures in the tropics
-           however in the areas outside the tropics, the sun rays hit the earth at an oblique angle
-           in addition,  the sun’s rays travel a longer distance through the atmosphere to reach earth’s surface
-           heat is absorbed by clouds, water vapour and dust
-           the absorption leads to the loss of heat and reduction of temperature
-           additionally the sun’s rays hit a larger area due to the oblique nature
-           temperature is thus lower in areas outside the tropics
-           temperature decreases with increase in latitude