Unit
1: The Atmosphere
1.
Earth-Sun Relations
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
1; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
1, pp. 15-28 |
| Extra
readings |
Required:
The
Seasonal Merry-Go-Round. Alternate
link. Windows to the Universe, at http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ at
the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999,
2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-01 University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Nice description and diagrams explaining
earth-sun relations.
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Optional:
Here Comes the Sun
(a tutorial on earth-sun relations) by H.B. Potucek, Plymouth State College.
Some nice diagrams and animations. |
| Lab
exercise |
1.
Earth-Sun Geometry |
2.
Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
2; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
4, pp. 73-95 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
2.
Radiation & Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface |
3.
Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
4.
Global Temperature Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
4; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
4, pp. 95-102 |
| Extra
readings |
None
|
| Lab
exercise |
3.
Atmospheric Temperature; Video: Dimming
the Sun (web site) Answers |
| Study
suggestion |
Using
Figures 4.32, 4.33 and 4.35 from your text, mark regions on your world map
that have either hot or cold temperatures all year round (i.e. they have
a small temperature range), and mark regions that have large changes from
hot to cold as the seasons change. |
5.
Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
5; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
5, pp. 105-113 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
4.
Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind |
6.
Global Circulation Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
6; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
5, pp. 113-137 |
| Extra
readings |
Required: Online Assignment
2: El Nino - And What is the Southern Oscillation Anyway?
Answers |
| Study
suggestion |
Add
the major high and low pressure centers, and the major wind zones to your
world map. Use Figures 5.15, 5.16, 5.18, 5.22, 5.24 and 5.31 from
your text, as well as the figures from lecture as guides. Then add the warm
and cold ocean currents found along the east and west coasts of the continents
to your world map using Figure 4.27 in your text. |
7.
Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
7; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
6, pp. 139-146 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
5.
Water in the Atmosphere |
8.
Precipitation Processes & Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
8; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
6, pp. 146-169 |
| Extra
readings |
Optional:
For those of you interested, check out the USA
TODAY Weather page. This page has lots of neat links and good
weather information. Also, for more information on various atmospheric
processes visit the USA TODAY How
the Weather Works page. Some other weather sites
with good maps include IntelliWeather,
TVWeather - The Weather Supersite,
The
University of Illinois, and Weatherunderground. |
| Lab
exercise |
6.
Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes and Cloud Development |
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7.
Midlatitude Weather and Weather Map Interpretation |
| Study
suggestion |
Use
Figure 6.29 from your text to mark regions of very high or very low precipitation
on your world map. Then determine what the single most important precipitation
process is in each of those regions having high precipitation. |
9.
Global Climate Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
9; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
8, pp. 205-249 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
None |
| Study
suggestion |
Using
Figure 8.5 from your text, add the major climate types for Africa,
Europe, and North America to your world map. |
Unit
2: The Biosphere
9.
Global Climate Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
9; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
8, pp. 205-249 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
None |
| Study
suggestion |
Using
Figure 8.5 from your text, add the major climate types for Africa,
Europe, and North America to your world map. |
10.
The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Budgets
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
10; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
9, pp. 251-255 and pp. 267-271 |
| Extra
readings |
Optional:
Extra information on flooding and on the creation of the video we'll watch
in lab is available at Nova
Online |
| Lab
exercise |
Video:
Flood! |
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9.
Soil Water Budgets |
11.
Soil Characteristics
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
11; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
12, pp. 341-352 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
10:
Analysis of Soil Moisture Properties |
12.
Soil Formation
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
12; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
12, pp. 337-341 and pp. 349-352 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
None |
13.
Global Soil Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
13; Review
Questions
|
| Text
readings |
Chapter
12, pp. 352-371 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
14.
Coincident Climate, Soils and Vegetation |
| Study
suggestion |
Use
Figures 12-23 and 12-49 in your text to add the major soil orders to your
map of North America. |
14.
Biogeographic Distribution Controls
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
14; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
10, pp. 289-295; Chapter 11, pp. 297-317 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
13.
Bioclimatic Transects |
15.
Ecosystems
16.
Global Biome Patterns
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
16; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
11, pp. 317-334 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
14.
Coincident Climate, Soils and Vegetation |
| Study
suggestion |
Use
Figure 11-26 in your text and add the major biomes to your map of North
America and to Africa and Europe. You should see correlations between
climate, soils and vegetation. |
Unit
3: The Lithosphere
17.
Earth Structure and Composition
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
17; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
13, pp. 373-394 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
15:
Minerals and Rocks |
18.
Plate Tectonics
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
18; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
14, pp. 397-410 |
| Extra
readings |
Required:
This
Dynamic Earth: Understanding Plate Motions
Read through all the links for this entire chapter. These links are
adjacent to thumbnail pictures and diagrams, and relate to the main body
of text. You are not required to read links to other chapters, which
show up at the very bottom of the page for this chapter. We will discuss
several of the diagrams and pictures shown at this site in lecture. |
| Lab
exercise |
None |
19.
Folded and Faulted Landforms
20.
Igneous Landforms
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
20; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
14, pp. 410-422 |
| Extra
readings |
Required:
Volcanic
Landforms (from Volcano World)
From the cover page, click on the arrow labeled "Next
Section." Continue reading and clicking on the "Next Section" until
you have stepped through 11 sections. Within each section, there are
links to more information about the individual volcanoes discussed, and
many of these links go off to other sites that are not part of Volcano World.
You are not required to link off to any of these other sites. |
| Lab
exercise |
18.
Igneous Landforms; Video: In the Path of a Killer Volcano |
21.
Mass Wasting
22.
Drainage Basins
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
22; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
16, pp. 459-465 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
19. Drainage
Basin Analysis
|
23.
Fluvial Landforms
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
23; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
16, pp. 465-486; skip the Focus Boxes on Drainage Patterns and on Stream
Capture |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
20.
Fluvial Landforms |
24.
Glacial Landforms
| Lecture
outline |
Outline
24; Review Questions |
| Text
readings |
Chapter
19, pp. 537-560 |
| Extra
readings |
None |
| Lab
exercise |
21.
Glacial Landforms |
25.
The Ice Age
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