Final Exam Mon. 59 7AM

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Final Exam Mon. 5/9 7AM!

• What you should know
• Anything discussed in class or your assigned
  reading during the semester
• There will be some emphasis on material since the
  last exam
• There will be plenty of questions covering the
  entire course, however

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Ground Water

• What kinds of rocks are porous and permeable?
• How is the water table related to topography?
• What problems does overpumping cause?
• How is groundwater polluted?

3
Rivers

• What are the sources of freshwater on earth?
• How does the hydrologic cycle work?
• Where does water flow fastest in a stream?
• In what ways do streams deposit material? In what
  ways do they erode material?
• What is a drainage basin?

4
Mining

• How do economically valuable minerals get
  concentrated? Igneous, hydrothermal, metamorphic,
  weathering, placer
• How are minerals and fossil fuels extracted from
  the earth?
• What is the connection between people and earth
  resources?

5
Energy

• What are the major sources of energy consumption?
  What environmental impact do they have?
• How are oil and coal formed? How does oil get
  trapped in the Earth?
• What are alternative energy sources? What are
  their advantages and drawbacks?

6
Climate

• What two major factors affect natural climate
  change? How do they work?
• What are the major factors in the carbon cycle?
• How can plate tectonics affect climate?
• What are climate feedbacks?
• What are climate triggers?

7
Climate

• How are humans responsible for global warming?
  Where will it probably warm the most? the least?
• What are some of the effects of global warming
  that we are already seeing?
• How do we stop global warming?

8
Planets

• What are the two basic types of planets in our
  solar system?
• How did the Moon form?
• What are the basic characteristics of Mercury,
  Venus, Earth, and Mars?

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Planets

• How are Jupiter and Saturn like a mini-solar
  system?
• What types of features do we see on the Martian
  surface?
• What are the similarities and differences between
  Mars and Earths polar caps?