Surface Temperatures

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6 questions
Note from the author:
ESS2-6
1

What time of year do you predict this to be?  Explain your evidence.

1

How do the grass temperatures taken in the sunlight differ from the ones taken from the same surface in the shade?

1

Which location is the hottest in the picture?

1

Why do you think that location from question 3 is the hottest?

1

What is the temperature difference between sunlit concrete and shaded concrete? What does this difference in temperature tell you about how surfaces are heated?

1

Based on what you have seen in this image, which type of area do you think is warmer, urban areas (cities and towns) or rural areas (country sides)?  Use temperatures from the picture for your EVIDENCE.