GEOG 1010 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Mountain, Canada, Snow
GEOG 1010
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Jet Streams
Jet streams are narrow, high speed upper level air flows. The jet stream is a river of fast moving
air in the upper atmosphere.
Jet stream can have zonal flow which is more or less a straight flow. Usually it is fast and as fast
as it can get. It can also have a ridge/trough flow which is in curves and is as slow as it can get.
Differential heating is temp differences between poles and equator. It is a major factor in the
strength and speed of the jet stream. Arctic is warming faster than other places on the planet.
So the ati/euato diffeee is’t as stog.
Our winter is staying for a longer period of time because the lazy jet stream is possibly
maintaining this wave of frigid air around for longer than usual.
Gloal Evioetal Systes: Eath’s
Four Spheres
• Thee aioti sphees:
atmosphere,
hydrosphere,
lithosphere.
• Bioti sphee:
biosphere
Eath’s fifth Sphee: Anthroposphere
Anthroposhpere, known as the human sphere.
The people and their impacts.
This course introduces:
Climatology - the study of the heat ad oistue states of the Eath’s
surface and atmosphere (before mid-term)
Hydrology is the study of the movement and distribution of water
throughout the Earth, and addresses both the hydrologic cycle and water
resources.
Geomorphology is the study of landforms and the processes that shape
them.
Biogeography – the study of the distribution and dynamics of organisms
and their environments, and the influential processes (after mid-term)
The goal of this course is to provide the terminology and concepts that will all
you to observe, interpret and understand different aspects of the
environment, and the effects of human activity
Lecture topics
1. The sun, the seasons and the atmosphere
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2. Energy balance and the global climate
3. Atmosphere Circulation
4. Water cycle and Precipitation
5. Weather (+ air pollution!)
6. Tectonic plates, mass wasting
7. Streams and glaciers
8. Biogeography and soils
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Document Summary
Jet streams are narrow, high speed upper level air flows. The jet stream is a river of fast moving air in the upper atmosphere. Jet stream can have zonal flow which is more or less a straight flow. Usually it is fast and as fast as it can get. It can also have a ridge/trough flow which is in curves and is as slow as it can get. Differential heating is temp differences between poles and equator. It is a major factor in the strength and speed of the jet stream. Arctic is warming faster than other places on the planet. Our winter is staying for a longer period of time because the lazy jet stream is possibly maintaining this wave of frigid air around for longer than usual. Four spheres: th(cid:396)ee a(cid:271)ioti(cid:272) sphe(cid:396)es: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, bioti(cid:272) sphe(cid:396)e: biosphere. Climatology - the study of the heat a(cid:374)d (cid:373)oistu(cid:396)e states of the ea(cid:396)th"s surface and atmosphere (before mid-term)
