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    This document provides assignment instructions for a drought module, asking students to read a chapter from a book by Carle and answer 4 questions: 1) defining the phrase "There is no average", 2) identifying the largest flood disaster in California's history, 3) explaining the concept of a "100 year flood", and 4) answering questions about precipitation patterns and predictions based on a figure in the book.

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    Module 1- Drought Assignment

    Read Chapter 1 from Carle and answer the following questions.

    1. What does the book mean by “There is no average”?

    2. When was the largest flood disaster in California’s history?

    3. What does the “100 year flood” concept really mean?

    4. Answer the following questions using Figure 17 from your book:

    a. What is the minimum and maximum amount of precipitation California has experienced?

    b. Does there appear to be a regular, repeatable pattern of precipitation?

    c. Could you use the 11-year running mean to predict the precipitation for any given year?

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