Category: s24-geo101

Lesson 20: Review for Final Exam

Review:

  • Landscape Presentations
  • Grades
  • Course Evaluations
  • Staying in touch

Presentation:

  • Final Exam topics
  • MCQ sample
  • Discussion
  • Grade Report

Assignment:

  • Study for the Final Exam
  • Complete a course evaluation
  • Achieve great things!
  • Stay in touch!
  • Thank you for being a great class!
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Lesson 19: Landforms Made by Waves and Wind

Review:

  • Fluvial geomorphology
  • Landform presentations
    • Submit your 1-page presentation (everyone)
      • Due at the beginning of class on Thu 18 Apr
      • Applies to Participation grade
    • Option to present during class (voluntary)
      • Also Thu 18 Apr
      • First-come, first-served as time permits
      • Earn up to +1% bonus, applies to overall grade
  • Course Evaluations

Presentation:

Activity/Assignment:

  • Prepare your 1-page Landform presentation
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Lesson 18: Fluvial Geomorphology

Review:

  • Weathering and Mass Wasting
  • Schedule
    • Tue 16 Apr: Waves and Wind Landforms
    • Thu 18 Apr: Landform Presentations
    • Tue 23 Apr: Review for Final Exam
  • Landform 1-Page Presentation (no video, due to IT)
    • Front Page: Overview/Explainer with best imagery
    • Back Page: Up to 9 Slides with details
    • Due Tue 18 Apr – print copy 2-sided
  • Final Exam 1-page cheat sheet
  • Course Evaluations

Presentation:

  • Fluvial Erosion, Transportation, and Deposition
    • Slope Erosion
      • splash erosion
    • Sediment Yield
    • Stream Erosion
    • ipg5e_fig_15_08.jpg
    • Stream Transportation
    • Deposition
  • Stream Gradation and Evolution
    • Stream Gradation
    • Evolution of Stream Valleys (see Figure 15.9 on p. 508 or Slides 18-19)
    • ipg5e_fig_15_11_01.jpg
    • ipg5e_fig_15_11_02.jpg
    • ipg5e_fig_15_11_03.jpg
    • ipg5e_fig_15_11_04.jpg
    • Stream Rejuvenation
    • Landscape Evolution Theories
  • Fluvial Landforms
    • Meandering Streams and Floodplains
    • ipg6_fig_15_17_01.jpg
    • Braided Streams
    • Deltas
  • Fluvial Landforms in Arid Climates
  • Chapter 15 Slides

Activity:

  • Add one or more slides illustrating how fluvial processes play a role in shaping your landform
  • Watch Damocracy (0-21:00)

Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 15
  • Work on your Landform Slides
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Lesson 17: Weathering and Mass Wasting

Review:

  • Tectonic and Volcanic landforms
  • Your landform slide deck – keep adding, refining
  • Interest in a possible credit opportunity for Landform Video/Presentation?

Presentation:

Activity:

  • How is your landform affected by Weathering and Mass Wasting?
    • Physical or mechanical weathering?
    • Chemical weathering?
    • Slope processes?
    • Mass wasting events like landslides or mudflows?
  • Create one or more slides, adding to your collection, to describe the impact of weathering.

Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 13
  • Improve/refine your landform slides
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Lesson 16: Tectonic and Volcanic Landforms

Review:

  • Plate Tectonics
  • Attendance – question 1
  • Exam 2 appeals
  • Landform sign-up
  • Earthquake in Taiwan
    • Map (NY Times)
    • Video (Insider News, 1:40)

Presentation:

  • Ch 12 Slides
    • Tectonic Landforms
    • Earthquakes
    • Volcanic Activity and Landforms
  • Earthquakes
    • Video (National Geographic, 05:01)
  • Volcanoes

Activity:

  • Create a two-page Slide file
    • Page 1: What is your landform
      • Define and illustrate (with an image of some sort, maybe a map)
    • Page 2: Answer the following questions
      • Is your selected landform a tectonic landform?
        • Is it related to earthquakes or volcanic activity?
        • If so, how?
        • If not, why not? (e.g., no, my landform was created by glaciers)

Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 12
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Lesson 15: Geomorphology, Plate Tectonics and Landforms

Review:

Presentation:

  • Exam 2
    • Scores
      • >90% 20
      • >80% 18
      • <80% 11
      • median=88.1
    • Review of Questions and Answers

  • Geomorphology
    • Skipping the first part of Ch 11 and omitting these topics
      • Geologic Time Scale
      • Structure
      • Materials
    • Global Topography
    • Theory of Continental Drift
      • Alfred Wegener
      • Pangea
    • Plate Tectonics (CrashCourse, 10:57)

Activity:

  • Identify a landscape or landform of interest
    • Write your selected landscape/landform on my signup sheet
      • Maybe it’s a place you know and love
      • Maybe it’s a place you’d love to see someday
    • Here are some basic categories
    • Here are some more exotic or unusual examples
    • Here’s an attempt at a comprehensive list
    • Here’s my favorite: Karst

Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 11, Earth Materials and Plate Tectonics, beginning with Global Topography, p. 391-409
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Review for Exam 2

Presentation:

  • Exam 2 will cover Lessons 7-14 and Chapters 4-7
  • 1-page “cheat sheet” parameters
    • Must be unique and your own work
    • Must submit with completed exam
    • Will be graded
  • Topics
    • Water Cycle
      • Hydrosphere
      • Salt water vs Fresh water
      • Fresh water components
      • Evaporation
      • Condensation
      • Precipitation
      • Runoff
      • Worksheet
    • Humidity
      • Specific humidity
      • Saturation
      • Dew point
      • Relative humidity
    • Adiabatic Process
      • Dry vs Wet adiabatic rates
    • Clouds and Fog
    • Precipitation
      • Convective
      • Orographic
      • Types – rain, snow, sleet, hail
      • Thunderstorms
      • Tornadoes
    • Wind Circulation
      • Hadley Cells
      • ITCZ
      • Subtropical High Pressure Systems
      • Coriolis force
    • Asian Monsoon
    • Ocean Circulation
      • Follow wind circulation patterns
      • El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
    • Weather Systems
      • Synoptic charts
      • Air Mass Formation
        • Maritime vs Continental
        • Polar, Tropical, Equatorial
      • Fronts
        • Cold
        • Warm
        • Occluded
        • Stationary
      • Low and High Pressure systems
        • Cyclones (Low pressure)
        • Anti-Cyclones (High pressure)
        • Tropical Cyclones
        • Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones
    • Climate
      • Climate Drivers
      • Climate Classification
      • Climographs
      • Climate Categories
        • Tropical Rainforest
        • Tropical Monsoon
        • Desert
        • Humid Subtropical
        • Mediterranean
        • Oceanic
        • Continental

Activity:

  • Practice Exam

Assignment:

  • Study for Exam 2
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Lesson 14: Mid-Latitude Climates

Review:

  • Tropical and Subtropical Climates
  • Exam 2 next week

Presentation:

  • Mediterranean
    • Strahler Mediterranean, p. 243
    • Koppen Csa, Csb
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-10:15)
  • Oceania
    • Strahler Marine West-Coast, p. 244
    • Koppen Cfb, Cfc
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-11:45)
  • Continental
    • Strahler Moist Continental, p. 247
    • Koppen Dfa, Dfb, Dwa, Dwb
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-10:00)

Activity:

  • Classify the following climographs into one of 7 climate categories:
    • Tropical Rainforest
    • Tropical Monsoon
    • Desert
    • Humid Subtropical
    • Mediterranean
    • Oceanic
    • Continental

Assignment:

  • Prepare your 1-page Climate Classification guide
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Lesson 13: Tropical and Subtropical Climates

Review:

  • Submit your ENSO annotated bibliography
  • World Climates
  • Climographs in Google Sheets
  • Exam 2 next week

Presentation:

  • Chapter 07 Slides
  • Climate Classification
    • Koppen System
    • Video (Geodiode, 11:38)
  • Tropical Rainforest
    • Strahler Wet Equatorial (1), p. 231
    • Koppen Af
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-06:00)
  • Tropical Monsoon
    • Strahler Monsoon and Trade-wind Coastal (2,3), p. 235-236
    • Koppen Am, Aw
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-07:00)
  • Desert
    • Strahler Dry Tropical and Subtropical (4,5), p. 239-241
    • Koppen BWh, BWk, BSh, BSk
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-07:00)
  • Humid Subtropical
    • Strahler Moist Subtropical Climate (6), p. 243
    • Koppen Cfa
    • Video (Geodiode, 02:00-08:00)
  • Next time we’ll look at..
    • Mediterranean
    • Oceanic
    • Continental

Activity/Assignment:

  • For Exam 2 there will be questions asking you to categorize climate based on temp/precip climographs
  • Categories will be limited to Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Monsoon, Desert, Humid Subtropical, Mediterranean, Oceanic and Continental.
  • I’ll allow 1 piece of paper you can use to refer to examples of various climate types
  • Begin working on your 1-page (2-sided) climate classification guide
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Lesson 12: Global Climates

Review:

  • Weather Systems
    • Fronts
    • High/Low Pressure Systems
    • Cyclones and Anticyclones
    • Tropical Cyclones
    • Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones
  • ENSO Annotated Bibliography due Tue, 12 March (please submit a printed copy)
  • Climographs

Presentation:

  • Climate Drivers
    • Latitude
    • Elevation
    • Coastal/Continental Location
    • Air Temperature Variability
    • Precipitation Variability
    • Persistent High/Low Pressure Systems and Air Masses
    • Prevailing Winds and Ocean Currents
  • Climate Classification
  • Secrets of Climate video series Introduction (Geodiode, 04:18)

Activity:

  • Demonstrate how to create a Climograph in Google Sheets and display in Google Slides
    • Use climate data from the Metereological Service Singapore World Forecasts page
    • Create 2 climographs in Google Sheets
    • Copy/Paste the images for side-by-side comparison in Google Slides
    • Download PDF version (to save for later)

Assignment:

  • Work on your ENSO annotated bibliography
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