ATM 200 - Natural Disasters
Energy Flows in
Earth History
and Natural
Disasters
Monday, 31
August 2015
Daily Announcements:
1)
Students with disabilities:
please make your appointment for each exam
at the Disability Resource Center
(DRC) and hand in your form to me.
2) Athletes are to provide proper
documentation as soon as possible.
3) Last day to drop any course (without
receiving a “W”) is Wednesday, Sep. 9.
4) Have your “Disaster
Mitigation Essay” written and with you on Wed., Sep. 2.
Song #1: “I
Melt With You” by Modern English
Song #2: “Pocketful
of Sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield
Text Source Today: Prologue, p. 26-36, 48, 228-233, 247-248,
406, 451
(Prologue Figure p.
5, Figures 2.2, 2.3, 9.6, 9.11, 9.29)
·
Early Earth
Formation and the Layered Earth Notes Template
·
Behavior of
Materials
·
Energy Sources of
Disasters
·
Processes of
Construction versus Destruction
Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :
1)
How old is
Earth? When did the first oceans and
continents appear?
2)
Explain the early
Earth formation and the resulting layered Earth.
3) †Review
Figures 2.2 (Early Earth) and 2.3 (Layers of Earth).
4)
What is
“isostasy?”
5)
What is the
difference between elastic, ductile and brittle?
6)
What are the four
(4) primary energy sources of disasters?
Explain each.
7) †Review
Figures 9.6 (hydrologic cycle), 9.11 & 9.29 (atmosphere & ocean circ.)
Hydrologic
Cycle Video Earth’s
Energy Budget Video Ocean
Circulation Video
8)
What is the
consequence of “processes of construction versus destruction?”
9)
†Review rock cycle figure in Prologue, page
5. Rock Cycle Animation Video