GEO-1020 Physical Geography Lab

Credits 1
Laboratory work complementary to the theories and principles of GEO-1010 (Physical Geography). Climate, the biosphere, and the earth’s landforms.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 1010 completed or concurrent
3 lab hours.
(Not offered summer.)

Course Outcomes

Identify fundamental mapping principles.
Identify fundamental weather and climate-related indicators such as temperature, wind, precipitation, and cloud cover.
Demonstrate examples of biogeographic processes, global biographic patterns, weathering, erosion, and water flow, as well as the presence of specific soils and earth materials.
Evaluate physical geography-related current events.
Analyze the on-going issue of global warming and climate change and its affect on the ecosystem.