Study Guide for Lab Final

BRING SCANTRON Form E882 and CALCULATOR

Lab Study Questions

Contour Line Exercise

Be able to complete an exercise very similar to #23 on contour lines. Understand how to read the elevation of a depression, or the top of a hill. Know where to find the steepest gradient. Know which direction contour lines bend in stream channels.

Climate Classification Exercise

Given three climographs with data, be able determine the proper Koeppen Climate system. You will be given the Modified Koeppen System Charts that you used in lab for determining the proper climate designation.

Plate Tectonics Exercise

Be able to answer questions about a diagram similar to the Tectonic Map of Hypothetical Ocean Basins. Know the symbols for subduction and sea floor spreading.

Also from this exercise: Given the distance an island is from a hot spot (in km.), and given the age of the island (the time that has elapsed since the island was formed over the hot spot), be able to calculate the rate of plate movement in mm per year. 1 km = 1000 meters 1 meter = 100 cm

Volcanoes Exercise

Given elevation change over a given distance along a volcanic slope, be able to calculate the gradient in feet per mile. For instance, a 2000 foot elevation change over a distance of 2 miles is a 1000 foot per mile gradient. Understand the difference between a composite (steep gradient) volcano and a shield (gradual gradient volcano) and use your gradient calculations (and elevation) to determine which type of volcano is represented by the data you are given.

US Public Land Survey System Exercise

You will be asked to find a given Township (such as T8N, R5E) on a Township Range map. You will also have to identify and locate sections, half sections, quarter sections, and quarter sections of quarter sections on a section grid. For instance: find the NW ¼ or the SE ¼ of Section 12, Township 8N, R5E. These are problems similar to the ones you worked in class. You will be given the fact that each section contains 160 acres and you will then have to compute the acreage for the various land parcels.