ATM 107 Introduction

The Oceans

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) There are still seats available for this course.

2) If you received a Permission Number, please use it ASAP to register.

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

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

4) Athletes are to provide proper documentation as soon as possible.

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

Text Source Today: Appendix “A” and Appendix “B”

· Course Syllabus Notes Template

· Scientific (or Exponential) Notation PDF DOC

· International System of Units (SI units) “Notes Key”

· Temperature Scales (Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit)

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1) Understand the use of “Scientific Notation” and the “powers of 10”.

2) Become familiar with the prefixes (giga, mega, kilo, centi, milli, etc.)

3) What is the “mks” metric system? What is the “cgs” metric system?

4) How does one compare temperatures on the three primary scales (K, ºC, ºF)?

5) What is “absolute zero?”