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section has three pages. Click on the pdf icon at left if you do not have
an activity sheet for this section.
A - Wind Duration vs. Wave Height
Click
here to go to the UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN WW2010 PROJECT WIND BARB site.
- Read about and understand how wind barbs work.
Click
here to go to the ALL
LAKES WIND site.
- Describe both the direction of wind and the speed of wind on Lake
Michigan.
- What is the overall pattern of wind speed and direction on the lake?
- Describe the wind speeds in different locations on Lake Michigan.
Click
here to go to the ALL
LAKES
WAVE HEIGHT site.
- Describe the wave height in different parts of Lake Michigan.
- What is the overall pattern of wave height? What is the relationship
between the length of time the wind blows over water and the height
of the waves produced?
B - Economic Interests
- Think about the harmful and beneficial effects of Zebra mussels.
What are some ways Zebra mussels are economically important?
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