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Global Sun Temperature Project FALL 2001 - FINAL REPORTS |
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Woodlands High School, Woodlands, TX, USA
Conclusion: The closer a palace is to the equator, the warmer the temperatures should be. Also while the southern hemisphere is experiencing spring, the northern is experiencing fall, so the southern hemisphere should have longer days and warmer temperatures. In order to check my prediction, I could look at several locations in the north and compare that data to several locations in the south. Also, I could find a source that listed the position of the sun at certain dates and compare them to the current date. The number of hours of sunlight is greatest in the latitudes below the equator and least in the latitudes above the equator. This is because right now the sun is pointed away from the northern hemisphere. Hence, the southern hemisphere will have more daylight hours than the northern hemisphere. You could probably graph an approximate relationship, but nothing is ever perfect. So, some of the numbers would be a little off. Accuracy was of great importance to the experiment. The whole experiment depended on the numbers that each school came up with. There were possibilities of inaccuracy because all of the measurements that were made from our weather station. Machines can have glitches and other problems that could throw off their readings. In this experiment, I would have added more predictions. I would have like to have guessed the number of daylight hours in another location as well as temperature. I would also have the data collectors supplement weather conditions in which the data was collected. This would have an effect on the temperature.
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