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Graphing Sunspot Cycles

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Bremen High School
Bremen High School

This document discusses sunspot cycle data from 1700-2008 and instructs the reader to graph sunspot numbers from 1965-2008 and answer questions about the average cycle length, whether 2006 was a maximum or minimum year, what 2015 will likely be, and if the reader's birth year was closer to a maximum or minimum.

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Graphing Sunspot Cycles The data represent the number of sunspots per year from 1700—2008 For example, the year 1965 had 15.1 sunspots Use the data to prepare a graph of sunspot numbers from 1965—2008 Questions : What is the average length between high points in the cycles you graphed? Based upon your graph, was 2006 a maximum or minimum year? What will 2015 likely be? Was your birth year closer to a maximum or a minimum?

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Graphing Sunspot Cycles

  • 1. Graphing Sunspot Cycles The data represent the number of sunspots per year from 1700—2008 For example, the year 1965 had 15.1 sunspots Use the data to prepare a graph of sunspot numbers from 1965—2008 Questions : What is the average length between high points in the cycles you graphed? Based upon your graph, was 2006 a maximum or minimum year? What will 2015 likely be? Was your birth year closer to a maximum or a minimum?