Nats101 Sect 51, 52 Introduction to Global Change
Midterm Study Guide
Exam Time/Date-
Noon,
Wednesday March 9
Exam composition-
To Be Determined, but multiple choice questions will dominate (this
will be updated)
Material-
All lecture
material through March 7
All
associated readings (textbooks and other readings), which include readings through Feb. 28th
in syllabus (Actual lectures have fallen behind about 3 periods
compared to the plan in the syllabus)
What to study-
In
addition to the readings and your own lecture notes…….
the sample quizzes and actual
quizzes plus the “class notes” summary of each lecture provided by Prof.
Leavitt should be helpful.
Material
related to writing exercises 1 and 2 lessons
may also appear on Midterm Exam.
Terminology-
Atomic
number core-mantle-crust Wien’s law
Mass
number troposphere-stratosphere terrestrial radiation
Proton cyanobacteria solar
radiation
Electron BIF- banded
iron formations weather
Neutron ITCZ climate
Isotopes convection latent
heat
Fusion radiation specific
heat
Fission conduction TDS
Big
Bang Hadley
Cell cohesion
Red
shift Coriolis Effect adhesion
Entropy albedo IPCC
Covalent
bonds Younger Dryas upwelling
Atmosphere Hydrosphere Cryosphere
Biosphere teleconnection “hockey
stick” curve
Permafrost methane hydrate
Salt
water intrusion Gulf
Stream ENSO
Polar
Cell Ferrell
Cell ground
water
Relative
humidity runoff Doppler
Effect
Medieval
Warm Period Little Ice Age sink/source
Mole gyres ozone
layer
Tree
rings menhaden/anchovies fire scar
Concepts-
Conversion
of units
Scientific
notation
Periodic
Table and the origin of elements
Laws
of thermodynamics
Solar
Nebula Hypothesis for formation of our solar system
Differentiation
of the Earth into its layers
Plate
tectonics/plate boundaries
Uneven
distribution of resources/raw materials around the world (fossil fuel; metals)
Current
composition of the Earth’s atmosphere
Evolution
of the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere from early Earth to now
Temperature
on Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin scales
General
circulation in the Earth’s atmosphere (convection cells, rising/sinking air,
winds, etc)
“Rules
of electromagnetic radiation”
Earth’s
radiation budget
“Greenhouse
effect” vs. “enhance greenhouse effect”
Properties
of water
Thermohaline circulation- past and future climate
Mechanisms
for increasing salinity of sea water
Surface
ocean circulation
Food
chains/webs and biomass and energy
El
Niño/La Niña and food chains, weather, teleconnections
Positive
and negative feedbacks with respect to global climate change
Consequences
of Arctic warming
Consequences
of sea-level rise
World-wide
global warming over the past 120 years and uneven nature of that warming
IPCC
predictions for this century in regard to warming, sea level, ice sheets, El
Niño,
thermohaline circulation, precipitation, drought
Sources
of energy/power for society deriving directly or indirectly from the sun
Choice
of latitudes to sail east or west in the Pacific and
Location
of deserts and areas of greatest storminess
Cause
of seasons
Tipping
point
The
hydrologic cycle- reservoirs and fluxes
From Mann-Kump
book, the following pages/images are particularly relevant to lectures-
p.
10-15, p. 20-25, p. 32-37, p. 38-39, p. 48-51, 58-61, 64, 82-83, 88-93, 98-103,
110-111, 122-125, 128, 138-139
Figures from Mackenzie text
that were emphasized in the lectures (either in the exact form they appear in
the text, or a similar figure from another source)-
Box 2.2 (p. 20-22), F2.9, F3.1, F3.2, F3.4, F3.8, F3.13, F4.1, Box 4.1 (p. 69-70), F4.2, F4.3, F4.8, F4.9, F5.1, F5.4, F5.6, F5.7, F5.12, F5.13, F5.14, F5.15, F5.16, F6.11, F8.1, F8.3, F8.4, F8.5, F9.36
Table 4.1, Table 5.1, Table 5.2
[F6.5, F6.7, F6.8, F6.9, F6.12,
Table 6.3, Table 6.4 are included in
content matching syllabus readings through March 7, but we will not get to them
before midterm exam]