GEO 106-01 Schedule
of Topics, Assignments, and Exams
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Week
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Topic
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Reading |
WW2010/GEODE
CDROM |
One
1/13, 15, 17
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(1) Course
Introduction and Structure; Systems, Models, Location, Time, Maps, GIS
(2) The
Dynamic Earth, Earth’s Four Sphere’s, Methods of Science, The Environment,
Evolution of our Solar System
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
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GEODE: Introduction
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Two
1/22, 24
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(3)Weather
vs. Climate; Atmospheric Composition; Vertical Structure; (4) Air
Pollution
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Chapter 3
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WW2010: Coordinated
Universal Time, Temperature
Scales
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Three
1/27, 29, 31
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(5)Radiation
and Earth-Sun Relationships; (6) Heat
Transfer, Radiation Laws, Distribution of Insolation, Greenhouse Effect,
Energy Balance at Earth's Surface
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Chapter 2 Chapter 4
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None
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Four
2/3, 5, 7
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(7)Temperature
Measurement and Data, Daily Radiation Curves and Temperature, Temperature
Controls, Global Temp Patterns, Anthropogenic Effects on Global Temperature
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Chapter 5
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WW2010: Reading
Temperature Contour Maps (isothermal maps); Learn
how to read maps containing weather observation information for the surface
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Five
2/10, 12, 14
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(8)Water,
the Hydrologic Cycle, and Atmospheric Moisture;
(9)Clouds,
Precipitation Processes, and Fog;
(10)
Atmospheric Stability
Exam One
Review
Sheet for Exam 1
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Chapter 7
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GEODE: External Processes (B.
Hydrologic Cycle)
WW2010: Hydrologic
Cycle; Clouds
and Precipitation
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Six
2/17, 19, 21
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(11)
Forces and Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations
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Chapter 6
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WW2010: Forces
and Wind
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Seven
2/24, 26, 28
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(12)Air
Masses, Fronts, Midlatitude Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes
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Chapter 8
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WW2010: Air
Masses and Fronts; Midlatitude
Cyclones; Severe
Storms; Hurricanes
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Eight
3/3, 5, 7
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(13) Climate and El Nino/La
Nina
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Chapter 10
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WW2010: El
Nino
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Nine
3/17, 19, 21
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(14) Fundamental
Geological Principles & Earth’s Interior; (15)
Minerals vs. Rocks, Atomic Structure, Chemical Bonds; (16)Mineral
Composition, Structure, Properties, and Groups
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Chapter 11
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GEODE: Introduction (B.
Earth's Layered Structure); Earth Materials (A. Minerals, and B. Mineral
Review)
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Ten
3/24, 26, 28
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(17)
Igneous Rocks; (18) Sedimentary
Rocks; (19)Metamorphic
Rocks; (20)Plate
Tectonics: Continental Drift; Plate Boundaries; Evidence for Plate Tectonics
Exam 2
Review
Sheet for Exam 2
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Chapter 11
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GEODE: Earth Materials (C-G)
GEODE: Internal Processes (A. Plate
Tectonics)
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Eleven
3/31, 4/2, 4/4
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(21) Surface Relief, Crustal Formation and Deformation,
Orogenesis; (22)Earthquakes;
(23)Volcanoes
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Chapter 12
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GEODE: Internal Processes (C.
Earthquakes, and D. Igneous Activity)
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Twelve
4/ 7, 9, 11
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(24)Weathering;
(25)Mass Wasting
(26)The
Hydrologic Cycle; Running Water; Stream Erosion, Transportation, Deposition;
Stream Valleys
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Chapter 13
Chapter 14
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GEODE: External Processes
(A, B and C)
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Thirteen
4/14, 16
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(27)Ground
Water Distribution, Porosity, and Permeability; (28)Movement;(29)Springs
and Wells, and Karst Landscapes;
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Chapter 9
Chapter 13
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GEODE: External Processes (D)
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Fourteen
4/21, 23, 25
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(30)Deserts;
Geologic Processes in Arid Climates; Basin and Range Region; Wind Erosion
and Deposition (31)Shorelines
(32) Glaciers:
Movement, Erosion, Deposition, Past Glaciers
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Chapter 15 Chapter 16
Chapter 17
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GEODE: External Processes (F,
G, E)
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Fifteen
4/28, 4/30, 5/2
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(33) Soils; (34) Ecosystems; (35) Biomes;
(36) A Sustainable Future?
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Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
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NA
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Sixteen
5/5 |
Review
Sheet for Exam 3 |
NA |
NA |
| Make-Up
Exam Date: Wednesday 5/7 |
Cumulative
make-up exam for any student missing an exam (for whatever reason) during
the semester |
NA |
NA |
Exam 3
Friday 5/9
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Exam 3 (8-11 a.m.)
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NA
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NA
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