Multiple choice

Between which parallels of latitude is the torrid zone situated?

  1. Tropic of cancer and tropic of capricon

  2. Tropic of cancer and artic circle

  3. Tropic of caprocon and antarctic circle

  4. None of these

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Explanation

The torrid zone is the region between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees North) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South), where the sun is overhead at least once a year.