You read the Canvas content for each section and watched the lectures and other videos
You completed two assignments and participated in a Discussion Activity on Climate Change
You took two quizzes.
What you learned
You know the definition of an Air Mass
You know where air masses form (source regions)
You understand what makes a location a good Source Region
You know the source regions which impact the United States
You know that when unlike air masses meet they form a front
You know the definition of a front
You know that there are four types of fronts and what their characteristics are
You know what an Extratropical Cyclone is
You know how we think they form
You know their characteristics
You know how they differ from Tropical Cyclones
You know where and why tropical cyclones form
You understand their structure and know what an eye, an eye wall and spiraling rain bands are
You understand how tropical cyclones effect people
You know what a tropical depression, a tropical storm and a tropical cyclone are and how they differ
You are familiar with the Saffir Simson Scale
You understand storm surge
You understand the seasonality of hurricanes and the impacts of climate change
You understand the characteristics of tornadoes
You understand where tornadoes occur and why they occur there
You know when tornadoes occur
You know where "Dixie Alley" and "Tornado Alley" are
You are familiar with the Enhance Fujita Scale
You are familiar with the five basic climate classifications in the Koppen system
You know where those 5 climate classifications occur around the world
You know, in particular, what "B" climates are, where they are and why they are located there
You know, in particular, what the characteristics of a Mediterranean climate are, what the 5 locations around the world where the occur are, and what geographical features each of those locations share
You understand the basics of climate change
You understand the evidence for climate change
You understand the repercussions of climate change
You know where water is stored on Earth
You know the characteristics of the world's 4 oceans
You know where freshwater is stored on Earth and in what proportions
You understand where ice is on the planet today
You are familiar with the largest lakes and rivers on Earth
You understand the story of the Aral Sea
You know what groundwater is and where it is
You know what an aquifer is and examples of the kinds of materials that make good aquifers
You know what an aquiclude is and examples of materials that are aquicludes
You know water the Zone of Aeration, the Zone of Saturation, the water table, recharge, overdrafts, a cone of depression and a drawdown are
You know what salt water intrusion is
You understand how subsidence occurs
You know some of the ways humans damage groundwater