____________ was the first to point out the difference in the amount of heat received from the sun in the equatorial regions as compared with that in the higher latitudes?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is: (b), Varenius
Information booster:
Varenius published his book “geographia generalis”in 1650. He was the first geographer to divide geography into ‘general’ and ‘special’ sections which led to the development of systematic and regional geography. Varenius was the first scholar who laid the foundation of the Dichotomy of systematic vs regional geography.