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We will construct a model of the earth’s surface/atmosphere to explore how energy drives weather.  Read Chapter 11 of the textbook.  Part 1. Please answer the following questions in your own words: 1.Explain the water cycle. 2.What is dew point? 3.Which source would evaporate faster, lake water or groundwater, and why? 4.How do plants contribute […]

Johannes Kepler, a 17th Century astronomer and mathematician, published three laws of planetary motion that improved upon Copernicus’s heliocentric model. These laws were made possible by years of accurate planetary measurement collected by Kepler’s predecessor, Tycho Brahe. Kepler’s laws were a radical change from previous astronomical models for the Solar System which maintained the ancient

You can do a great deal of astronomy without the aid of a telescope, in fact many famous astronomers worked without telescopes. This lab (which you should begin at the beginning of the semester) we will learn about the Moon and Sun and the just by looking up at the right time. 80 points total

The Privileged Planet Assignment Please watch the following video (only the first hour is fine) and then answer the following questions: 1) What is the significance of the findings? 2) What surprising facts were revealed by the research? 3) What was the example of the eclipse and why is it relevant? 4) How did the

Biostratigraphic correlation is usually accomplished by means of biozones, defined as bodies of rock strata that are characterized by their distinctive association of fossils species. The assumption is that a given biozone in one region is approximately the same age as the same biozone in a separate region, even if the regions are quite distant

Download and open the map of Leesburg FL and answer the following questions. 1) What is the contour interval of the map? (3 points) 2) ESTIMATE (don’t count, you’ll go crazy) how many sinkholes you see in the map area. (3 points) 3) Are there more sinkholes in the northern or southern part of the

The Earth is divided into a grid of circular segments which are perpendicular to one another, called latitude and longitude. Latitude lines run horizontally, and are parallel to the equator. Degrees latitude are numbered from 0° to 90° north and south. Zero degrees (0°) is the equator, 90° north is the North Pole, and 90° south

Please respond to one of the two discussion prompts below: Have you, or someone you know, personally experienced an earthquake? Describe the moment just before the earthquake. What was the earthquake itself like? How was your life and the local population affected? Or: Imagine that your city was hit by a major earthquake. What kind

In 1912, Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, outlined his hypothesis for “continental drift.” This hypothesis challenged a long-held assumption that the continents and ocean basins had fixed geographic positions (i.e., they didn’t move). Explain the continental drift hypothesis. Describe two lines of evidence Wegener used to support his continental drift hypothesis. What was

The finely divided, red, brown, and yellow soil-coloring minerals originate by what process? The finely divided, red, brown, and yellow soil-coloring minerals originate by what process? chemical weathering of quartz and feldspars precipitation of iron oxides during the chemical weathering process mechanical weathering of very fine-grained, blue-gray clays mechanical weathering of the feldspars and micas