Evanston High School
Evanston, Wyoming
"On
April 4 we had new snow on the ground. I had assumed that we
would not find anything because the weather was still pretty
cool. But I took my students outside anyway to check, and there
they were popping up above the new snow." - Dr.
Clarissa K. Cole
A
spring snowstorm could not stop these Wyoming tulips from emerging
and growing! The weather up till the snowstorm must have been right
for tulips to emerge. What does that tell you about the soil
temperature?
What
affect would the snow have on the tulip plants? Do
you think it would damage them? Think: snow
acts like a blanket on the earth. Would the soil temperature
be kept stable by the snow?
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