A variety of exercises provide flexibility in lab assignments. Each exercise includes key terms and learning concepts linked to Geosystems. The Ninth Edition includes new exercises on climate change, soils, and rock identification, a fully updated exercise on basic GIS using ArcGIS online, and more integrated media, including Quick Response (QR) codes linking to Pre-Lab videos. Supported by a web site with media resources needed for exercises, as well as a downloadable Solutions Manual for teachers. The web site for the lab manual provides online worksheets as well as KMZ files for all of the Google Earth™ exercises found in the lab manual. www.mygeoscienceplace.com
Table of Contents:
1. Latitude and Longitude
2. The Geographic Grid and Time
3. Directions and Compass Readings
4. Map Projections, Map Reading, and Interpretation
5. Earth-Sun Relationships and Daylength
6. Insolation and Seasons
7. Temperature Concepts
8. Temperature Patterns
9. Temperature Maps
10. Earth’s Atmosphere: Temperature and Pressure Profiles
11. Earth’s Atmosphere: Pressure and Wind Patterns
12. Atmospheric Humidity
13. Stability and Atmospheric Processes
14. Weather Maps
15. Midlatitude Cyclones and Hurricanes
16. Water Balance and Water Resources
17. Global Climate Systems
18. Climate Change
19. Plate Tectonics: Global Patterns
20. Plate Tectonics: Faulting and Volcanism
21. The Rock Cycle and Rock Identification
22. Recurrence Intervals for Natural Events
23. Contours and Topographic Maps
24. Topographic Analysis: Fluvial Geomorphology
25. Topographic Analysis: Glacial Geomorphology
26. Topographic Analysis: Coastal and Arid Geomorphology
27. Topographic Analysis: Karst Landscapes
28. Soils
29. Biomes: Analyzing Global Terrestrial Ecosystems
30. An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Glossary
Graph Paper
Twelve Topographic Maps
Rock Chart
Twelve Topographic Maps
Rock Chart
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