Kent McGregor's Home Page for Geog. 1710, Earth Science

• WX map more density: sfc_map.html
• Study Guide for the first exam: Study Guide for Exam #1
• Study Guide for Exam #2
• Study Guide for Exam #3
• Study Guide for Exam #4
• U. S. Base Map for drawing on.
• Term List for Maps and Location
• What is Geography, Tools of  Geography, Tools of Cartography: Tools of Geography, Tools of Cartography
•  Powerpoint of  Maps and Map Projections, Locating Position, Latitude and Longitude as pdf: Maps, Projections, Location
• Sand Trace Coriolis Video Demonstration from MIT 
• Coriolis Video Demonstration from MIT
• Powerpoint of Consequences of the Earth's Rotation as a pdf file.
• Powerpoint of Special Properties of Water as a pdf file.  Includes Composition of the Atmosphere.
• Term List, Consequences of the Earth's Rotation
• Term List, Special Properties of Water
• Term List Earth-Sun Relations and Energy
  
• Write up on Earth-Sun Relations
• Write up on The Seasons
• Powerpoint of  Energy, Radiation, and Earth-Sun Relations as pdf file.
• Powerpoint of  Atmospheric Pressure, Land and Sea Breeze, Global Circulation
• as pdf file.
• Write up on Fundamentals of Weather
• Write up on Atmospheric Motion: The Basics
• Write up on Weather Rules
• Term List for Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
• Term List for Cyclonic Storms
• Write up on The Simple Thermal Circulation Cell also known as the Land and Sea Breeze.
• Write up on The Westerlies and Weather
• Powerpoint of  Westerly Winds, Trof, Ridge, Cyclone and Anticyclone and connection between upper-level features and surface features.
• Write up on The Mid-latitude Cyclonic Storm
• Write up on Calculating Relative Humidity
• Powerpoint of The Cyclonic Storm System, Air Masses, Lifting and Cooling including To Get Rain.
• Write up on Conditions with Low and High Pressure including stability and instability
• Powerpoint on Clouds, Cloud Types and Processes
• Term List for Moisture and Precipitation
• Write up on Controls on Climates, LACEMOPS
• Powerpoint on The Hydrologic Cycle, AE/PE Ratio Relation to Vegetation
• Powerpoint on LACEMOPS, Geographic and Atmospheric Controls on Climates
• Powerpoint on  the Koeppen Climate Classification System
• Powerpoint on Climographs and the Koppen Climate Classification System
• Term List for Plate Tectonics
• Weathering and Mass Movement Term List
• Term List for Rocks and Minerals
• Powerpoint on Plate Tectonics and Scientific Method
• Link to Dr. Williams Powerpoint on Plate Tectonics, Science, and Technology
• Powerpoint on Rock Cycle and Weathering including Mass Movement
• Powerpoint on Aquifer Types and Examples
• Powerpoint on  Soils and Soil Forming Factors
• Powerpoint on Soil Properties and Orders
• Term List for Soils
• Term List for Rivers and Systems
• Write up on Systems Theory
• Write up on Cost-benefits Analysis
• Write up on A Tale of 4 Rivers
• Powerpoint on Geomorphology and the Processes that Create the 5 Major Classes of Landforms
• Powerpoint on Rivers and Floodplains
• Powerpoint on Rivers, Systems Theory and Models of River Systems
• Powerpoint on Cost Benefit Analysis and Examples of Rivers and Dams