News Update: February 14, 2008       Name _____________________ 

This week let's look at January temperatures across the continent.

Study the locations of the tulips that have emerged and bloomed.

• Pick one or more gardens on the tulip map and circle them with a marker.
• Find their locations on both temperature maps below.
• Put an "x" on each temperature map to show the garden locations.

Extreme Maximum Temperatures

1. What was the maximum temperature at each garden site?
   
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2. What was the minimum temperature at each garden site?
   
   Site 1 _______________________ Site 2 _____________________
   
3. Summarize how temperatures might affect tulip gardens:
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4. Pick a garden that hasn't emerged. Put a small circle on each temperature map at its location. When do you predict this garden will emerge? Why? _________________________________________________________
   
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