{"product_id":"laboratory-manual-for-physical-geography-isbn-9780470952764","title":"Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography","description":"This student-friendly, interactive lab manual presents activities and experiments that enhance students’ ability to both visualize and understand physical geographic topics. In a clear and concise tone, the manual requires students to first apply information they learned and then to critically evaluate the information.\u003cbr\u003e 1: Our Place in the Sun \u003cp\u003e1-A, Latitude and Longitude\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-B, Standard Time and World Time Zones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-C, Equinoxes and Solstices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-D, Comparing Map Projection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-E, Great Circle Routes and Rhumb Lines 2: The Earth's Global Energy Balance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-A, Insolation and Latitude\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-B, The Annual Cycle of Insolation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-C, Duration of Sunlight at Different Latitudes 3: Air Temperature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-A, Conversion of Temperature Scales\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-B, The Daily Cycles of Net Radiation and Air Temperature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-C, The Daily Temperature Range\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-D, The Annual Cycle of Air Temperature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-E, Drawing Isotherms 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-A, Relative Humidity and the Dew-Point Temperature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-B, Adiabatic Cooling of Rising Air\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-C, Adiabatic Warming and the Rain Shadow 5: Winds and Global Circulation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-A, Converting Barometric Pressures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-B, Pressure Versus Altitude\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-C, Isobars on the Surface Weather Map\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-D, The Wind Rose and Global Wind Belts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-E, Upper Air Winds. 6: Weather Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-A, Qualities of Various Air Masses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-B, World Weather on a Day in July\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-C, Air Masses Around the World on a Day in July\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-D, Interpreting the Daily Weather Map\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-E, Anatomy and Geography of Tropical Cyclones 7: Global Climates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-A, Seasonal Rainfall Contrasts in the Wet-Dry Tropical Climate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-B, Climographs of Low-Latitude Climates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-C, TheSubtropical Desert Temperature Regime\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-D, Climographs of Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-E, Identifying Koppen Climates 8: Biogeographic Processes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8-A, Energy Flow in Ecosystems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8-B, Photosynthesis and Carbon Dioxide Concentration 9: Global Biogeography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9-A, The Forest Biome\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9-B, Savanna, Grassland, Desert, and Tundra Biomes 10: Global Soils\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10-A, Soil Textures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10-B, Soil Orders and Climate 11: Earth Materials\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-A, The Igneous Rocks and their Minerals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-B, Size Grades of Sediment Particles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-C, Geologic Maps and Structure Sections 12: The Lithosphere and Plate Tectonics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-A, The Lithospheric Plates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-B, Kinds of Plate Junctions and their Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-C, Using Quasars to Tell How Fast the Plates Move 13: Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-A, Using Graphic Scales to Measure Distances\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-B, The United States Land Office Grid\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 13-C, Mount Shasta A Statovolcano\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-D, Shield Volcanoes of Hawaii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-E, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-F, Fault Scarps of the Klamath Lakes Region. 14: Weathering and Mass Wasting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14-A, Exfoliation Domes of the Yosemite Valley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14-B, The Great Turtle Mountain Landslide 15: Fresh Water of the Continents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-A, The Annual Cycle of Rise and Fall of the Water Table\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-B, Flood Regimes and Climate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-C, Evaporation from American Lakes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-D, Sinkholes of the Kentucky Karst Region 16: Landforms Made by Running Water\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-A, Niagara Falls\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-B, Alluvial Terraces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-C, Floodplains and their Meanders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-D, Alluvial Fans of Death Valley, California 17: Landforms and Rock Structure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-A, Mesas, Buttes, and Cliffs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-B, Domes and their Hogbacks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-C, Mountain Ridges on Folded Strata\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-D, Stone Mountain a Granite Monadnock\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-E, A Volcanic Neck and its Radial Dikes 18: Landforms Made by Waves and Wind\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-A, The Ria Coast of Brittany a Youthful Shoreline\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-B, Coastal Sand Bars\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-C, Barrier Island Coasts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-D, The Ocean Tide\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-E, Crescent Dunes and Sand Seas 19: Glacial Landforms and the Ice Age\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-A, Living Glaciers of Alaska and British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-B, Glacial Landforms of the Rocky Mountains\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-C, Moraines and Outwash Plains\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-D, Eskers and Drumlins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr. Alan H Strahler\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University and is also the Director of Graduate Studies for their Geography and Environment program. 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