An area where the earth's crust would be expected to be thin would be under the pacific ocean in the rocky mountains under the mississippi river in the plains region of the midwestern u. s.

Under the Pacific is your answer

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.