What Is Climate?
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16 questions
Note from the author:
Beginning climate exploration for 6th grade students using comparison of San Diego, CA, Honolulu, HI, and California climate.

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What is the climate zone in Honolulu, Hawaii?Write your best guess!You need to explore using the link from (a).
What is the climate zone in Honolulu, Hawaii?
Write your best guess!
You need to explore using the link from (a).
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Visit https://weather.com/ to check out the weather in Honolulu, Hawaii (HI) and choose the best weather words for what you see.
Visit https://weather.com/ to check out the weather in Honolulu, Hawaii (HI) and choose the best weather words for what you see.
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Visit https://weather.com/ to check out the weather in San Diego, California (CA) OR step outside and choose the best weather words for what you see.
Visit https://weather.com/ to check out the weather in San Diego, California (CA) OR step outside and choose the best weather words for what you see.
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How is the weather in Honolulu and San Diego different?
How is the weather in Honolulu and San Diego different?
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How is the weather in Honoluulu and San Diego the same?
How is the weather in Honoluulu and San Diego the same?
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Which climate zone is San Diego, CA in? You need to explore using the link from (a).
Which climate zone is San Diego, CA in?
You need to explore using the link from (a).
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What climate zone are the north and south poles?You need to explore using the link from (a).
What climate zone are the north and south poles?
You need to explore using the link from (a).
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What climate zone would you see in high mountain areas, like the Himalayas?You need to explore using the link from (a).
What climate zone would you see in high mountain areas, like the Himalayas?
You need to explore using the link from (a).
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What climate zones are in the United States?There are 8!You need to explore using the link from (a).
What climate zones are in the United States?
There are 8!
You need to explore using the link from (a).
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Reflect: Why are there so many climate zones in the United States?
Reflect: Why are there so many climate zones in the United States?

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Using this map, how are the weather and climate disasters DIFFERENT between the east and west coasts of the United States?
Using this map, how are the weather and climate disasters DIFFERENT between the east and west coasts of the United States?
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Describe one of the six climate zones in San Diego.You need to explore using the link from (b).
Describe one of the six climate zones in San Diego.
You need to explore using the link from (b).
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What patterns do you see about climate zones and latitude (what colors are only in certain places) in the picture above?
What patterns do you see about climate zones and latitude (what colors are only in certain places) in the picture above?

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Where is the most solar energy hitting the Earth?
Where is the most solar energy hitting the Earth?
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What do you think climate zones have to do with the amount of solar energy hitting the earth?
What do you think climate zones have to do with the amount of solar energy hitting the earth?
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What is climate?
What is climate?
