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Introduction to the course; geography and geosystems.
What is the origin of the word ge...,
What dose geography study,
What is a system
41
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Solar Energy
How hot is the suns surface,
How dose the earth receive energy,
What is tsi
51
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The Seasons
How do seasons occur,
What is earths revolution,
Describe earths rotation
22
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The modern atmosphere
What is the principal substance o...,
Where do we consider the top of o...,
What is the exosphere
41
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Pollution in the atmosphere
What are pollutants,
What are some sources of natural ...,
What are the particulates produce...
31
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Energy-Balance Essentials
How dose earths energy budget work,
What is transmission,
What is the definition of energy ...
28
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Energy Balance in the Troposphere
What is the greenhouse effect,
What are greenhouse gasses,
What is cloud albedo forcing
9
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Energy Balance at Earth’s Surface
What is the daily pattern of inco...,
What is the lag between the insol...,
What is the boundary layer
14
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Temperature Concepts and Measurement
What is temperature,
What is absolute zero,
What is the fahrenheit scale
12
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Land-Water Heating differences
What is land water heating differ...,
Explain evaporation,
How dose transparency affect wate...
4
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Earth’s Temperature Patterns
What is an isotherm,
What is the thermal equator,
What is a temperature anomaly
5
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Wind essentials
What is earths atmospheric circul...,
What is the dominant medium for r...,
What redistributes heat in a zone...
21
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Driving Forces within the Atmosphere
What is gravitational force,
What is centrifugal force,
Other then gravitational force wh...
32
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Atmospheric Patterns of Motion
What are the three categorize of ...,
What are meridional zonal flows,
How dose the warmer and colder ai...
47
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Upper Atmospheric Circulation
What is the constant isobaric sur...,
What is the rossby wave,
What are jet streams
7
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Monsoonal Winds
What is a monsoon,
What drives the monsoons of south...,
What contributes to the large dif...
6
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Local Winds
What are local winds and what cat...,
What are land and sea breezes,
How is a sea breeze formed
10
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Oceanic Currents
How are the atmospheric and ocean...,
How dose the coriolis effect affe...,
What are ocean currents driven by
11
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Natural Oscillations in Global Circulation
What are the fluctuations that oc...,
What is the el nino southern osci...
2
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Water’s Unique Properties
What is the chemical composition ...,
Why do water molecules attract ea...,
Why is water able to dissolve man...
22
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Humidity
What is humidity,
Relative humidity 7,
What is saturation equlibrium
10
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Atmospheric Stability
What is a parcel,
What are the two opposing forces ...,
How dose the temperature of the v...
18
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Clouds and Fog
Definition of a cloud,
What is fog,
What is a moisture droplet
32
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Air Masses
Definition of weather,
What are the important measurable...,
What is meteorology
15
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Atmospheric Lifting Mechanisms
What happens when an air mass is ...,
What are the four principal lifti...,
What is convergent lifting
18
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Midlatitude Cyclonic Systems
What is a midlatitude cyclone,
Where is a midlatitude or extratr...,
What is a storm track
9
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Violent Weather
How do ice storms occur,
What is freezing parcipitation,
What is a blizzard
34
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Water on Earth
What is interception,
What constitutes throughfall,
Where did much of earths water or...
43
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The Hydrologic Cycle
What is the hydrologic cycle,
What three main components can th...,
What is the average residence tim...
26
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Water Budgets and Resource Analysis
W,
What is a surplus in the water bu...,
What is a deficit in the water bu...
26
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Classifying Earths Climates
What is climate,
What is climatology,
What is a climatic regions
35
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Climate change Intro
What is climate change science,
What are three key elements of cl...,
What is some of the physical evid...
7
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Deciphering past climates.
What are some of the environments...,
How can scientists access the env...,
What is paleoclimatology
21
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Methods for short term climate reconstruction
What do the tools for short term ...,
How can scientists use carbon iso...,
What is the difference between st...
16
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Mechanisms of Natural Climate Fluctuation
What is solar irradiance,
What is the length of the cycle t...,
What was the maunder minimum
15
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Climate Feedbacks and the Carbon Budget
How does positive and negative fe...,
What is climate feedback,
What is ice albedo feedback
18
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Evidence for Present Climate Change
What are the measurable indicator...,
How many decades have been succes...,
What type of warming dominates th...
20
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Causes of Present Climate Change
How are scientist using carbon is...,
How dose the contribution of each...,
What are earths primary greenhous...
22
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