DATASTREME - Week 3 Activity Response Form

Name: __________________________

Activity 3A Responses

  1. [(South) (North)]
  2. left - ____________. . . . right - ____________
  3. [(east) (west)]
  4. [(sunrise) (sunset)]
  5. [(white) (dark)] . . . . [(lower) (higher)]
  6. [(Western North America) (the Caribbean Sea)]
  7. [(only the daylight portion) (both the daylight and night portions)]
  8. [(low) (high)]
  9. [(low) (high)]
  10. [(east) (west)] . . . . [(of nighttime conditions) (the satellite is beyond the horizon)]
  11. [(approximately parallel) (at an angle)]
  12. [(less) (more)] . . . [(bright white) (dark)] . . . [(bright white) (dark)]
  13. [(warm) (cold)] . . . . [(low) (high)] . . . . [(warmer) (colder)] . . . . [(lower) (higher)]
  14. [(high) (low)] . . . [(warm) (cold)]
  15. [(visible) (infrared)] . . . . [(visible) (infrared)]
  16. [(more than 12 hours in the Northern Hemisphere)
    (approximately 12 hours everywhere on Earth)
    (less than 12 hours in the Northern Hemisphere)]

Activity 3B Responses

  1. no answer needed
  2. on chart, p. 3B-2 (fax to mentor)
  3. ____________________
  4. [(period of sunlight) (path of sunlight through the atmosphere)]
  5. [(similar to) (different from)]
  6. [(equatorial) (midlatitude) (polar)]
  7. [(local noon solar altitude) (length of daylight each day)]
  8. [(increases) (decreases)]
  9. [(increases) (decreases)]
  10. on chart, p. 3B-2
  11. [(solstices) (equinoxes)]
  12. [(equatorial) (midlatitude) (polar)]
  13. _______________ (most), . . . _____________ (least)
  14. [(its maximum) (zero)], . . . . ________________ and ________________
  15. __________ hours
  16. __________ hours, . . . . __________ hours
  17. __________ hours, . . . . __________ hours
  18. ______________.

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