The processes that occur today operate the same way they did in the past is based on the proposed by james hutton.

Well, both latitude and intensity of light affect temperature because, the higher the light intensity, the higher the temperature and since latitude is the measure of how close you are to the equator, then the closer to the equator you are, the higher the temperature is.

Your answer is going to be b.

Droughts cause very arid places such as a desert