1st Edition
GEO 155: The Natural Environment
School: Syracuse University (SU )
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Pages: 5During lecture we watched a slideshow. These are all of the topics covered in Justin's review session today. -
Pages: 3The same former TA taught this lecture as well. She passed out review sheets and gave a PowerPoint presentation on tectonism. We have one more lecture next Tuesday as well as a review session for the third exam next Tuesday. -
Pages: 3During this lecture, one of Professor Bendix's former TAs came in, handed out course evaluations and taught us about volcanoes. -
Pages: 3During this lecture, one of the teaching assistants, Justin Harnett, taught us about the structure of the earth through a PowerPoint demonstration. -
Pages: 3During this lecture, we discussed the processes and forms of erosion and the effects of weathering. We drew illustrations to emphasize the various terms and concluded class with a slideshow of eroded slopes. -
Pages: 2During this lecture, we dedicated half of the lecture to note-taking on the landforms of alpine glaciation and the other half spent viewing pictures of glaciers. -
Pages: 3During the 21st lecture, we began discussing glaciers. We discussed their formation and movement, what happens during erosion and deposition, and land forms from continental glaciation. -
Pages: 3During this lecture, we were taught about how rivers work to change landscape. We were taught the different manners that this occurs and what factors affect them. We drew pictures to demonstrate the various terms and concluded with a slideshow of pictures of rivers. -
Pages: 5This lecture consisted of defining, drawing, and describing the various terms and conditions of hydrographs. We concluded the lecture with a slideshow depicting different hydrology aspects. -
Pages: 3The 18th lecture begins with a discussion of hydrology, the water cycle, by talking about the aftermath of precipitation reaching the earth's surface, factors that influence infiltration and overland flow, and the drainage basin. -
Pages: 2This lecture began with a conclusion of the soil distribution, which was followed by the various types of soil orders. We went through transects again of the North American continent and the soil orders that correspond to the locations and the vegetation types. We concluded with a slideshow of photos of these various soil orders. -
Pages: 2During this lecture, we went through the definition, characteristics, profile, and soil-forming factors of soil. We began by watching slide of photos from the last lecture's topic. -
Pages: 3Dr. Bendix concluded the topic of the subtropical desert shrubland and then went into an elaborate recitation of the types of vegetation in various transects of North America. -
Pages: 2During this lecture, we went over the general description of vegetation and environmental factors that vegetation. -
Pages: 2During this lecture, we simply reviewed the types of climates and their characteristics and locations. -
Pages: 2This lecture was a discussion of the development, impact of the Jet Stream, and energy transport of mid-latitudinal cyclones. We also began an introduction of climate and the Koppen's System. -
Pages: 4During this lecture, we discussed what an air mass is, its characteristics and types, drew various fronts, and their corresponding boundaries. We ended the lecture by pulling together all of the major points we've discussed thus far in a slideshow. -
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Pages: 2We compared conditions of stability and instability within the atmosphere and compared types of precipitations. -
Pages: 3During the eighth lecture, we learned about the effects of latent heat, the correlation between temperature and vapor, defined various types of humidity, mixing, cooling, and mechanisms of uplift. We drew graphs and illustrated real-life examples to help us grasp the concepts. -
Pages: 3During the seventh lecture, we continued our discussion of the pressures and winds on a smooth, uniform earth. From there, we re-evaluated our findings in actuality and ended with the introduction of the atmosphere's moisture. -
Pages: 3During lecture 6, we discussed the meaning of winds "aloft", drew multiple pressure gradients, compared the winds of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, discussed the point of reference, drew cyclones and anticyclones, and discussed air pressure and winds at low latitudes. -
Pages: 2During this lecture, we were taught about the significance of the radiation surplus and how it supplements the radiation deficit. We discussed energy transfer, map reading, and the history of the Coriolis Effect. -
Pages: 3During the fourth lecture, the professor discussed the process of emission of radiation from the sun to the Earth and back into the atmosphere. -
Pages: 3The third lecture consisted of a discussion of the motion of the earth and the influence of the sun on energy. From there, we talked about the positions of the sun relative to the earth's tilt throughout the year and what effect this can have on the amount of sunlight.