On a map of average annual temperature, why are the lower latitudes so much warmer than the higher latitudes?

Aperson stands on a platform, initially at rest, that can rotate freely without friction. the moment of inertia of the person plus the platform is ip. the person holds a spinning bicycle wheel with its axis horizontal. the wheel has moment of inertia iw and angular velocity ωw. take the ωw direction counterclockwise when viewed from above. part a what will be the angular velocity ωp of the platform if the person moves the axis of the wheel so that it points vertically upward?

The dot diagram represents the motion of the motorcycle as it moves from left to right

On mars a rock falls an unknown vertical distance from a resting position and lands in a crater. if it takes the rock 2.5 seconds to fall, how high is the cliff the rock fell from? mars' surface gravity is 3.8 m/s2.