Earth and the Environment Final Exam
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| Weather is the conditions of a specific place at a specific time frame. Climate is the average weather conditions of a specific region. | Weather vs climate |
| Solar energy Albedo Greenhouse effect Ocean heat transport Earth's orbit | Basic climate controls |
| Glacial advance is when glaciers build up from more accumulating snowfall. Glacial retreat is when glaciers decline in size from ice melt. | Glacial advance and retreat |
| Ablation Accumulation Equilibrium line | Zones of a glacier |
| Erratics Striation Moraines Fjords | Evidence of past glaciation |
| Increasing global temperature (global warming) Higher sea levels Shrinking of glacial and polar ice caps More frequent droughts and hurricanes | Reasons for increasing carbon dioxide levels |
| Ozone hole Smog Water contamination Acid rain | Types of pollution caused by increasing carbon dioxide levels |
| Oceans, then ice caps, then rivers | Water storage system |
| Evaporation from land and water Transpiration from plants Runoff to streams | Pathways of precipitation |
| Instream Offstream Consumptive Non-consumptive | Four types of river use |
| Porosity P = Vp (pore volume) /Vt (total volume) x 100 Rate of flow Q = K*A*S (K = hydraulic conductivity, A = cross-sectional area, S = hydraulic gradient, Darcy’s Law) | Flux calculation formula |
| Freshwater Salt Dry | Types of lakes |
| Formed by the pressure present within the aquifer | Artesian wells |
| N + 1/m, where n = the number of years in the record and m = the rank of a given flood on the list of yearly floods | Flood recurrence interval calculation |
| Dam construction Retention basins Elevated and relocated structures Flood insurance | Ways of flood mitigation |
| Global transmission of chemicals and pathogens via blowing dust | Side effect of desertification |
| Dangerous outbreaks of mud and rock debris | Consequence of wildfires |
| The moving of sediments along a coast parallel to the shoreline Depends on incoming wind direction | Longshore drift |
| Bending of waves when they come to the shore at an angle | Wave refraction |
| Formed by wave action on the bedrock along the coast | Processes of coast formation |