Grand Canyon Microclimate (Synthesis Essay)

Paragraph 1: What is the connection between altitude, microclimate, and vegetation in and around the Grand Canyon?  Please give examples from the lab, and you can also include your own observations.

Paragraph 2: What is the connection between the direction a slope faces (aspect), microclimate, and vegetation in and around the Grand Canyon? Please give examples from the lab, and you can also include your own observations.

Paragraph 3: Was there anything in particular that struck you as particularly interesting about the connection between topography, microclimates, and vegetation?  Please do not simply write down a sentence.  Explain your idea, and elaborate with at least a few sentences.

Paragraph 4: Please provide you thoughts on this geovisualization as a tool to investigate connections between microclimate and the biomass (abundance) of vegetation. Please do not simply write down a sentence.  Explain your idea, and elaborate with at least a few sentences.