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Exploring Climate and Plant Growth |
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Essential Question
How do Earth's different climate conditions affect where, when, and how plants grow? |
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Air Temperatures |
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How do air temperatures influence tulip growth? |
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North America
Weather Underground |
Eurasia |
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Factors that Influence Air Temperature |
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Seasons |
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The Sun heats the Earth through the seasons, some parts more, some parts less. |
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Latitude |
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What is the relationship between temperature and latitude? |
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Ocean
How do the oceans — and other large bodies of water — affect air temperature? |
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Currents
Atlantic | Pacific |
Surface Temperatures |
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Wind
Explore the relationship between wind and temperature |
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Wind and Temperature |
Wind Speed |
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Elevation
Air temperature is colder at higher elevations. |
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United States |
Canada
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