EARTHSS 21 Midterm: ESS 21 Study Guide For Midterm 2
24 Oct 2018
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Things from lectures 1 9 i expect you to know/understand: Be able to identify, draw, and explain positive and negative feedbacks using the notation we used in class. Be able to use the stefan-boltzmann law and wien"s law to explain how blackbody radiation changes with temperature. How earth"s orbit and tilt explain why seasons occur. Be aware of why it is colder at the poles and at high altitudes. Understand how and why our climate has been changing. Know that we use climate models to predict how climate will change in future based on representative concentration pathways . High speci c heat of water and implications of this. Phases of matter and processes of change between states. How molecular structure of ice explains that it expands and has lower density than water. Understand what is meant by the active layer, permafrost, and talik.
