GEO 103-81 Schedule
of Topics and Assignments Fall 2003
|
Week
|
Topic
** (see note at bottom of
page)
|
Readings
* (see note at bottom of page) |
WW2010/GEODE
CDROM |
One
8/18-8/22
|
(1) The
Earth Sciences, Earth’s Four Sphere’s, Methods of Science, The Environment,
Evolution of our Solar System
|
Introduction
|
GEODE: Astronomy, A-D
|
Two
8/25-8/29
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(2) Weather
vs. Climate; Atmospheric Composition; Vertical Structure
|
Chp 15, 405-411; Chp 11, 310-311
|
WW2010: Coordinated
Universal Time, Temperature
Scales;
Atmospheric Pressure;
Variation
of Pressure with Height
GEODE: Atmosphere, A4
|
Three
9/2-9/5
|
(3) Radiation
and Earth-Sun Relationships; (4) Heat
Transfer, Radiation Laws, Distribution of Insolation, Greenhouse Effect
|
Chapter 15, 411-421
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None
GEODE: Atmosphere, A1-3
|
Four
9/8-9/12
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(5) Temperature
Measurement and Data, Daily Radiation Curves and Temperature, Temperature
Controls, Global Temp Patterns, Anthropogenic Effects on Global Temperature
|
Chapter 15, 422-431
|
WW2010: Reading
Temperature Contour Maps (isothermal maps); Learn
how to read maps containing weather observation information for the surface
|
Five
9/15-9/19
|
(6) Water,
the Hydrologic Cycle, and Atmospheric Moisture;
(7) Clouds,
Precipitation Processes, and Fog;
(8) Atmospheric
Stability
|
Chapter 4, 97-99; Chapter 13, 355-358;
Chapter 16
|
WW2010: Hydrologic
Cycle; Clouds
and Precipitation
GEODE: Atmosphere, B; Sculpting
Earth's Surface, A |
Six
9/22-9/26
|
(9) Air
Presure and Wind
On-Line Exam One -- Thursday 9/25 -- Start 9 p.m.
|
Chapter 17
|
WW2010:
Forces
and Wind
GEODE: Atmosphere, C
|
Seven
9/29-10/3
|
(10) Air
Masses, Fronts, Midlatitude Cyclones, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes
|
Chapter 18
|
WW2010:
Air
Masses and Fronts; Midlatitude
Cyclones; Severe
Storms; Hurricanes
GEODE: Atmosphere, D |
Eight
10/6-10/10
|
(11) Climate
|
Chapter 19
|
None |
Nine
10/15-10/17
|
(12)
Fundamental Geological Principles & Earth’s Interior;
(13) Earthquakes;
(14)
Plate Tectonics:
Continental Drift; Plate Boundaries; Evidence for Plate Tectonics
|
Chapter 10, 6, and 7
|
GEODE:
Forces Within, A and B |
Ten
10/20-10/24
|
(15) Minerals
vs. Rocks, Atomic Structure, Chemical Bonds;
(16) Mineral
Composition, Structure, Properties, and Groups
|
Chapter 1
|
GEODE:
Earth Materials, A |
Eleven
10/27-10/31
|
(17) The
Rock Cycle and Igneous Rocks; (18) Volcanoes;
(19) Sedimentary
Rocks;
(20) Metamorphic
Rocks
|
Chapter 2 and Chapter 8
|
GEODE:
Earth Materials, B-E; Forces Within, C |
Twelve
11/3-11/7
|
(21) Weathering,
(22)
Soil, (23)
Mass
Wasting
On-Line Exam Two -- Thursday 11/6 -- Start 9 p.m.
|
Chapter 3
|
|
Thirteen
11/10-11/14
|
(24) The
Hydrologic Cycle; Running Water; Stream Erosion, Transportation, Deposition;
Stream Valleys; (25) Ground
Water Distribution, Porosity, and Permeability; (26) Movement;
(27) Springs
and Wells, and Karst Landscapes; (28) Shorelines
|
Chapter 4 and Chapter 14
|
GEODE:
Sculpting Earth's Surface, A-C; Oceans, B |
Fourteen
11/17-11/21
|
(29) Glaciers:
Movement, Erosion, Deposition, Past Glaciers;
(30) Deserts;
Geologic Processes in Arid Climates; Basin and Range Region; Wind Erosion
and Deposition
|
Chapter 5
|
GEODE:
Sculpting Earth's Surface, D and E |
Fifteen
11/24-11/28
|
Thanksgiving Break
No Assignment
|
NA
|
NA |
Sixteen
12/1-12/5
|
(31) Air
Pollution & Stratospheric Ozone Depletion;
El Nino/La Nina
|
Boxes 15.1 and 15.2
Chapter 17 (484-488) and Box17.2
|
WW2010:
El
Nino |
Mon, 12/8
7:00 p.m.
|
In Person Final
Cumulative Exam
Graham 116
|
NA
|
NA
|