It is warmer near the equator because that is where the earth gets the most direct sunlight. t or f

Yes, this is true.

Sun releases the same energy into all directions (on average), but what is changing is the thickness of the atmosphere (which "swallows up" some of the energy) - at the poles the sun reaches more directly the Earth, while at the Poles, the rays are at an angle.

The answer would be newton’s second law