Answer the following questions by examining the graph in Figure 1.22 : a. In which one of the three regions (tropics, middle latitudes, poles) is the surface temperature lowest? b. In which region is the tropopause encountered at the lowest altitude? The highest? What are the altitudes and temperatures of the tropopause in those regions? Figure 1.22 Differences in the height of the tropopauseThe variation in the height of the tropopause, as shown on the small insetdiagram, is greatly exaggerated.30PoleTropopause2724Equator21-Tropical tropopause18Middle latitude15tropopause126Polar tropopause3-70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20Temperature ('C)Altitude (km)

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Answer the following questions by examining the graph in Figure
1.22 :
a. In which one of the three regions (tropics, middle
latitudes, poles) is the surface temperature lowest?
b. In which region is the tropopause encountered at the
lowest altitude? The highest? What are the altitudes and
temperatures of the tropopause in those regions?