Name __________________
Factors to Investigate
How are these factors related to climate and plant growth?
1. Select a garden in another climate zone for a comparison
study.
2. Investigate factors that affect climate and plant growth.
3. Make a hypothesis and see what happens!
Garden Location ________________________________
Factors
Information
Global Position
Latitude
Longitude
Elevation
How Close to
Ocean
Day Length
Sunrise
Sunset
Day Length
At other garden site
Temperatures
Climate Data
Historical Data
From Journey North
Gardens
At home garden site
High Temperatures
Low
Average
Typical
Emerge And bloom
dates
Other garden
Plant Hardiness
Zones
My garden
My Hypothesis: (I predict that the garden I’ve investigated …)
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Here’s Why:
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