f2-24_hypsographic_curvATM 107 The Oceans

 Ch. 2 – The Water Planet

  Monday, 31 August 2015

 

 

 

Daily Announcements:

1)  There are still seats available for this course.

2)  Students with disabilities:  please make your appointments for all your exams

     at the Disability Resource Center (DRC) and hand in your form to me.

3)  Athletes please provide us with proper documentation from the Athletic Department.

4)  Last day to drop any course (without receiving a “W”) is Wed., September 9.

 

Song #1:  “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” by Jimmy Buffet

Song #2:  “Into the Ocean” by Blue October

 

Text Source Today:  2.6

 

·       Reservoirs of Water                                 Notes Template

·       Global Water Distribution                        PDF    DOC

·       Mean Sphere Depth

·       Hydrologic Cycle

·       Major Ocean Depths, Areas and Volumes

·       Hypsographic Curve

 

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1)     Know the primary reservoirs of water and rough “residence times.”

2)     Summarize the “hydrologic cycle.”

3)     Know the global water distribution versus land areas.

4)     List the four world oceans.  Arrange them in order of depth, area and volume.

5)     What is a “hypsographic curve?” 

6)     What is the mean depth of the oceans?  What is meant by “mean ocean sphere

     depth?”