2006-12-11 11:02:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
closer to the north pole
2006-12-11 11:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not all of Canada is colder than the United States. Most of it is, however, and that's because it's further north--farther away from the equator. The sun's rays concentrate near the equator, so the farther away a place is from there, the colder it generally is.
2006-12-11 19:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It further away from the equator (the area of the earth that is consistently closes to the sun.)
As a side not not all of canada is colder than all of the US. HTere are parts of the USA that are more northern that parts of canada excluding Alaska, a Large portion of new England is further north than Toronto.
2006-12-13 13:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by smedrik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canada isn't colder than the United States. Alaska is colder than most parts of Canada -- especially the West Coast of Canada in the Lower Mainland region (around Vancouver). Parts of Canada are colder than the US, because most of Canada is farther north than most of the US. But coastal areas don't get as cold as the central prairies, where arctic low cold fronts bring temperatures in the -30 and -40 range. As Canada is such a large country (larger than the United States) you would have to be more specific in your question and define which parts of which country you are comparing.
2006-12-11 19:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Canada is colder than the USA because it is farther away from the equator, which gets the most sunlight (which gives off the heat) and closer to one of the poles, which get the least sunlight (heat.)
2006-12-11 19:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by mystery guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the latitude most of Canada is, the suns rays strike the earth at a more than US angle.
2006-12-11 19:09:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with the curviture of the earth, the suns rays closer to the equator land more concentrated, closer together, earth curves, fall further apart
2006-12-12 05:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by gbgnick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
much of canada shares the same climate as the mid-western states of the US
2006-12-11 19:26:57 · answer #8 · answered by Chrisbees 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is physically farther north and closer to the polar ice cap and the winds from siberia and the north pole come down into canada ,
2006-12-11 19:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe because canada is closer to the north pole?
2006-12-11 19:05:14 · answer #10 · answered by ix3sania 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋