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Geo Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Positive Feedback | Natural series of processes that reinforce each other and amplify/Causes a process to speed up Ex: account balance grows -> more interest earned |
| Negative Feedback | Natural series of processes that act to counter balance existing trends/Causes a process to slow or reverse Ex: Body heats up -> sweat -> body cools |
| Greenhouse Effect Definition | The influence of any factor on the energy balance of the atmosphere-ocean-land system |
| Greenhouse Cycle | Sunlight approaches Earth -> absorbed by surface -> heat is reemitted away from Earth’s surface in infrared wavelengths -> infrared light is absorbed by greenhouse gases in lower atmosphere -> Energy absorbed by greenhouse gases remits & heats up Earth |
| Weather | Day-to-day variations in temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation |
| Climate | The result of long-term regional weather patterns |
| Polar Vortex | A large, counterclockwise flowing area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles. The vortex destabilizes in Winter, sending cold air towards the southern US. |
| Effect of Urbanization on Hydrographs | Increased flooding |
| Discharge Formula | Height x Width x Speed |
| Subsection Formulas | Area= depth x width Discharge= area x velocity |
| Coastal Erosion Management | 1. Do nothing, let nature take its course. 2. Hard structures. 3. Living shoreline (oyster bar, beach nourishment etc) |
| Sea-Wall | Hard engineering structural solution. A wall or embankment erected to prevent the sea from encroaching on or eroding an area of land. |
| Jetties | Hard engineering structural solution. A barrier built out into a body of water to protect a coast or harbor from the force of waves. |
| Groins | Hard engineering structural solution. Shore-perpendicular coastal engineering structures. |
| Why Are Hard Structures Bad? | While they can protect roads, beach homes and other buildings threatened by erosion, hard structures usually cause increased erosion further down the beach. |
| Measuring Glacier Movement | Glacier move by slide and flow, monitored by GPS trackers |
| Major Parameters That Influence Groundwater Storage and Transportation | Porosity and permeability. |
| How Human Activities Influence Ground Water in a Coastal Area | Human extract too much ground water and caused a depression cone, which allow saltwater intrusion to happen. |
| Effects of Earth's Rotation Stopping | Earth's momentum would disturb the position of the ocean, triggering cause Earthquakes and tsunamis |
| What to Do in a Riptide | Swim sideways |
| The Three Basic Classifications of Rocks | Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic |
| Where Seaward Dipping Plannar Bed is Typically Found | Fore beach or foreshore |
| Floods Are Dangerous Because | They cause landslides |
| Location of Shallow Coral Reefs | American Samoa Florida Guam Hawaii Northern Mariana Islands Pacific Remote Islands Areas Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Cause of Sinking Land | The shifting of faults and by the dewatering and consolidation of relatively young rock. |
| Cause of Substantial Global Sea-Level Rise | Melt water from glaciers and ice sheets and thermal expansion of seawater as it warms. |
| A Typical Reservoir Rock | Shale |
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