Multiple choice

Africa is a hot continent because

  1. there are many volcanoes

  2. there is a great Sahara desert

  3. the greater part of the continent lies within the equatorial type of climate

  4. this is a big producer of spices
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Africa's heat primarily results from its position straddling the equator, with about 80% of the continent lying between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. This means most of Africa experiences tropical or equatorial climate types with intense, direct solar radiation year-round. Volcanoes and deserts are results, not causes, of climate patterns. Spice production is irrelevant to temperature.

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