Deserts Lab Worksheet
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Week Four Deserts Lab Report
Week Four Deserts Lab Report
Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form.
Carefully read ch. 15 of Geoscience Laboratory.
Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from the Geoscience Laboratory. Select answers are provided for you in red font to assist you with your lab work. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet, you are encouraged to answer others from the text on your own.
Questions are from Geoscience Laboratory, 5th ed. (p. 268–278), by T. Freeman, 2009, New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted with permission.
Lab Questions
15.4. Given principles 1–4 on page 265, explain the occurrence of the two contrasting climates illustrated in Figure 15.5.
15.8. Why are nights in arid lands surprisingly cold? Hint: Think of a feature of the atmosphere that holds daytime heat during the night.
15.14. What is the prevailing wind direction indicated by the barchan dunes in Figure 15.14?
Answer: From west to east
15.16. Notice in Figure 15.14 that some of the dunes are not perfectly symmetrical like that shown in Figure 15.13. (A) Describe this asymmetry, and (B) try to explain it. Hint: Study the caption to Figure 15.13A.
15.18. Which is the steeper side of this dune—the northwest side or the southeast side?
15.19. Which kind of dune illustrated in Figure 15.15 do you believe you traversed with your topographic profile?
15.20. From which direction did the wind that fashioned the dunes of the Lakeside region blow (NE, NW, SE, or SW)?
Answer: From the northwest
Lab Summary
Address the following in a 100- to 200-word summary:
• Summarize the general principles and purpose of the lab. • Explain how this lab helped you better understand the topics and concepts addressed this week. • Describe what you found
Week Four Deserts Lab Report
Week Four Deserts Lab Report
Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form.
Carefully read ch. 15 of Geoscience Laboratory.
Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from the Geoscience Laboratory. Select answers are provided for you in red font to assist you with your lab work. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet, you are encouraged to answer others from the text on your own.
Questions are from Geoscience Laboratory, 5th ed. (p. 268–278), by T. Freeman, 2009, New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted with permission.
Lab Questions
15.4. Given principles 1–4 on page 265, explain the occurrence of the two contrasting climates illustrated in Figure 15.5.
15.8. Why are nights in arid lands surprisingly cold? Hint: Think of a feature of the atmosphere that holds daytime heat during the night.
15.14. What is the prevailing wind direction indicated by the barchan dunes in Figure 15.14?
Answer: From west to east
15.16. Notice in Figure 15.14 that some of the dunes are not perfectly symmetrical like that shown in Figure 15.13. (A) Describe this asymmetry, and (B) try to explain it. Hint: Study the caption to Figure 15.13A.
15.18. Which is the steeper side of this dune—the northwest side or the southeast side?
15.19. Which kind of dune illustrated in Figure 15.15 do you believe you traversed with your topographic profile?
15.20. From which direction did the wind that fashioned the dunes of the Lakeside region blow (NE, NW, SE, or SW)?
Answer: From the northwest
Lab Summary
Address the following in a 100- to 200-word summary:
• Summarize the general principles and purpose of the lab. • Explain how this lab helped you better understand the topics and concepts addressed this week. • Describe what you found