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Questions for Scientific Research Exploring Factors Affecting Seasonal Patterns |
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Exploring Factors affecting Seasonal Patterns
Read over these questions and choose one that interests you and your
team partner. You may modify the question any way you like, but
discuss
your idea with your teacher before beginning your research.
What is the effect of being near a large body of water?
Which climate is warmer,
one near water or one in the middle of a land mass?
Which climate has more
precipitation,
one near water or one in the middle of a land mass?
What is the effect of being near mountains?
Does the annual temperature
pattern depend on which side of the mountains you're on?
Do mountains affect the
annual rainfall pattern?
What is the effect of elevation?
Which climate is warmer,
one at a high elevation or one at a low elevation?
Which climate has more
precipitation,
one at a high elevation or one at a low elevation?
What is the effect of latitude?
Which climate is warmer, one near
the equator, or one far from the equator?
Is there a difference in
annual temperatures if two areas are only 100 miles apart? 1000 miles
apart?
What happens to the annual
temperature pattern at different latitude?
Are the annual temperature
patterns different for the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
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