Geography 2050 Study Guide
Final Exam - Review Guide
Test Date: Tuesday, May 7th (8:00-10:00 pm)
Format: Multiple choice. Please bring a small scantron form. Blue books will not be needed.
The final exam will be composed of two sections:
Section 1: All lecture material since the 2nd test
Text chapters: 7 (clouds and fog), 8, 9
Section 2: Cumulative portion covering material covered up to test 2, includes only material related to the terms/concepts listed in this section.
Section 1 – New Material
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE
Chapter 7 Cont’d:
Cloud, fog, formation, condensation nuclei, moisture (cloud) droplet, raindrop, raindrop formation (collision-coalescence, ice-crystal process); Cloud classification: low, middle, high, vertically developed, stratiform, cumuliform, cirroform, nimbo, alto-, cirro-; advection fog, radiation fog.
WEATHER
Chapter 8:
Weather; Air masses: (classification and labels (maritime, continental, tropical, polar, arctic, equatorial), properties, source regions, modification);
Lifting mechanisms: convergence, convection, topographic forcing, frontal lifting (cold fronts and warm fronts (speed, steepness, lifting rates));
Weather maps, station model;
Mid-latitude cyclones (cyclogenesis, open stage, occlusion, dissipation, typical tracks);
Severe Weather: tropical cyclones (cyclone, typhoon, hurricane; tropical depression, tropical storm; formation; structure (eye, eyewall, rain bands), Saffir-Simpson scale, tracks); thunderstorms (air-mass thunderstorms (life cycle, cumulus, mature, dissipation), severe t-storms (squall lines, supercells, divergence aloft, updraft/downdraft separation), lightning and thunder (nature, cause, frequency, distribution); tornadoes (nature, cause, distribution).
WATER RESOURCES
Chapter 9:
Hydrologic cycle, changes in state (evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, condensation, sublimation), movement (advection, precipitation, interception, throughfall, infiltration, flow), reservoirs (storage,
Test Date: Tuesday, May 7th (8:00-10:00 pm)
Format: Multiple choice. Please bring a small scantron form. Blue books will not be needed.
The final exam will be composed of two sections:
Section 1: All lecture material since the 2nd test
Text chapters: 7 (clouds and fog), 8, 9
Section 2: Cumulative portion covering material covered up to test 2, includes only material related to the terms/concepts listed in this section.
Section 1 – New Material
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE
Chapter 7 Cont’d:
Cloud, fog, formation, condensation nuclei, moisture (cloud) droplet, raindrop, raindrop formation (collision-coalescence, ice-crystal process); Cloud classification: low, middle, high, vertically developed, stratiform, cumuliform, cirroform, nimbo, alto-, cirro-; advection fog, radiation fog.
WEATHER
Chapter 8:
Weather; Air masses: (classification and labels (maritime, continental, tropical, polar, arctic, equatorial), properties, source regions, modification);
Lifting mechanisms: convergence, convection, topographic forcing, frontal lifting (cold fronts and warm fronts (speed, steepness, lifting rates));
Weather maps, station model;
Mid-latitude cyclones (cyclogenesis, open stage, occlusion, dissipation, typical tracks);
Severe Weather: tropical cyclones (cyclone, typhoon, hurricane; tropical depression, tropical storm; formation; structure (eye, eyewall, rain bands), Saffir-Simpson scale, tracks); thunderstorms (air-mass thunderstorms (life cycle, cumulus, mature, dissipation), severe t-storms (squall lines, supercells, divergence aloft, updraft/downdraft separation), lightning and thunder (nature, cause, frequency, distribution); tornadoes (nature, cause, distribution).
WATER RESOURCES
Chapter 9:
Hydrologic cycle, changes in state (evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, condensation, sublimation), movement (advection, precipitation, interception, throughfall, infiltration, flow), reservoirs (storage,