Category Archives: Geography

Which planet has a “Great Red Spot” and could have been a star if it were ten times more massive?

Touring Our Solar System discussion Distinguish between the Lunar maria and Lunar highlands. What planet has the highest surface temperature and has an atmosphere that is 97% carbon dioxide? Which planet has a “Great Red Spot” and could have been a star if it were ten times more massive? Which planet is known as the […]

Provide a historic eruption example for your volcano type and images to support your post.

Part 1-Respond to the following prompt: There are four principle types of volcanoes discussed in your textbook. Choose one type and discuss its characteristics such as eruption style, magma composition and topography. Provide a historic eruption example for your volcano type and images to support your post. Be sure to provide citations to your sources […]

What is a ‘teleconnection’ and why is ENSO considered to be this type of phenomenon?

Learning Objectives Through this activity, you will: Use web-based data sources to learn about ENSO, how it works, and how we measure it. This will complement material you have also learned in lecture. Learn how to use real datasets published by NOAA’s National Weather Service on ENSO to interpret historic trends in ENSO events and […]

What is the relationship between economic reform and urbanization in China, India, and Latin America?

Answer ALL of the following questions with a roughly 200-300 word answer for EACH. 1. What is informality? Give at least 2 explanations for its predominance in Developing World cities. Drawing directly on films shown in class discuss how leaders take different policy responses to the urban poor and how the urban poor push back […]

What new questions resulted from the research-What are the management or policy implications?

Climate change impacts on San Diego hydrology & water quality The final draft of your project describes the research you did in a formal report. The project is based on the Topic Proposal, and will 1) provide motivation for the topic (why is this important?), 2) articulate research question(s) (RQs) related to the topic; 3) […]

Consider how a balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing longwave radiation must be maintained in order to keep annual temperatures the same.

Unit 2 Discussion 1. After learning about various heat transfer methods for the Earth’s atmosphere in chapter 4, consider how a balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing longwave radiation must be maintained in order to keep annual temperatures the same. Climate scientists are mostly worried about this imbalance, especially the decrease of outgoing longwave […]

Explain what would happen to the air temperature (not ocean temperature) of the Earth if the Arctic sea ice continues to melt at a rapid rate.

Real World Assignment 1 Explain what would happen to the air temperature (not ocean temperature) of the Earth if the Arctic sea ice continues to melt at a rapid rate. Discuss in terms of the Earth’s energy budget, changes in shortwave and longwave energy, and average albedo (see Chapters 4 and 5). textbook link https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geography_(Physical)/The_Physical_Environment_(Ritter) […]

What is the most promising location to find this extremophile on another planet or moon?

Assignment 2: Promising Lifeforms in Extreme Environments Our solar system contains many interesting regions to host extra-terrestrial life. For this assignment you are to choose a particular type of extremophile and answer the following questions. Follow the following format (exactly) for your assignment. Assignments not in this format may not be graded. What is the […]

What seems to be the relationship between politicians’ ambition and urban projects?

Watch the documentary The Chinese Mayor. In your discussion post briefly answer all of the following questions: 1. What is Mayor Geng’s vision for Datong and what does the project entail? 2. What cultural amenities does Datong possess? 3. How do citizens of the old city communicate with government to make their complaints? 4. How […]