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WORK SHEET FOR MIDTERM. GEOG3330 – Urban Environmental Geography. 2010. YOUR NAME: Note: this worksheet is the first three pages of HW13 – introduction to your atlas. (See course web site for additional information) For example of how this could be applied to THE CITY YOU’RE ANALYZING IS: ______________________________________ (Any city except a city in Utah. It’s okay if you change cities from what you’ve used in labs.) |
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Characteristic |
Specific value or
classification(s) for the city |
Why it matters to
the CITY… be specific. Respond,
specifically, how it matters with respect to the Earth systems listed. It’s
okay to discuss additional subsystems, but at minimum, the two listed. |
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GEOGRAPHY |
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Latitude |
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Atmosphere: Anthrosphere:
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Longitude / time zones |
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ATMOSPHERE |
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Net radiation |
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Albedo |
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Outgoing longwave energy |
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Solar power potential |
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Temperature ranges |
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Dominant wind direction |
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Continentality |
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Water vapor |
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Elevation |
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Hazardous weather |
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HYDROSPHERE |
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Precipitation |
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Potential and actual evapotranspiration |
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Surface water and ground water |
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Classifications of climate |
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GEOSPHERE |
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Tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes |
What plate? Occurrence of earthquakes or volcanoes? Possible hazards? |
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END OF WORKSHEET FOR THE MIDTERM… this worksheet plus the
following page make up the bulk of HW13 (see web site for additional
information).
NOTE THIS SECTION IS NOT ON THE MIDTERM… your labs and this page are not due
until April 7.
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GEOSPHERE continued |
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Weathering |
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Mass movement |
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River processes, landforms, and hazards |
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Wind processes, landforms and hazards |
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Oceans, large lakes, coastal processes and landforms |
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Glacial processes and landforms |
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Melting of glaciers globally |
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