WORK SHEET FOR MIDTERM. GEOG3330 – Urban Environmental Geography. 2010.                                                           YOUR NAME:

Note: this worksheet is the first three pages of HW13 – introduction to your atlas. (See course web site for additional information)

 

THE CITY YOU’RE ANALYZING IS: _________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

Topic

Characteristic

Specific(s) for the city

 

 

Why it matters to the CITY… be specific.

Respond, specifically, how it matters with respect to the Earth systems listed. It’s okay to discuss additional subsystems, but at minimum, the two listed.

GEOGRAPHY

 

 

 

 

Latitude

EXAMPLE:

Salt Lake City is 41 deg north latitude – or – Salt Lake City is mid-latitude, about equidistant from the equator to the north pole.

EXAMPLE:

Atmosphere: Latitude influences the proportion of daylight and darkness of days and therefore the amount of light used seasonally. The tilt of Earth’s axis and latitude determine  how directly sun’s rays reach Earth’s surface.. Utah’s mid-latitude location means we have 4 distinct seasons. Anthrosphere: Indirect rays of winter due to Salt Lake’s mid-latitude location, and the Wasatch Range pretty much explain the snow for our ski resorts.  

 

Longitude / time zones

 

Anthrosphere:

 

 

ATMOSPHERE

 

 

 

 

Net radiation

EXAMPLE: Utah’s December daily net radiation is -100 watts per m^2 and in July about +100 watts per m^2

Hydrosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

 

Albedo

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Outgoing longwave energy

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Solar power potential

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Temperature ranges

 

Anthrosphere:

Atmosphere:

 

Dominant wind direction

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Continentality

 

 

 

Hydrosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Water vapor

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Elevation

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Hazardous weather

 

 

 

Geosphere:

Anthrosphere:

HYDROSPHERE

 

 

 

 

Precipitation

 

 

 

Geosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Potential and actual evapotranspiration

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Surface water and ground water

 

 

 

Hydrosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Classifications of climate

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

GEOSPHERE

 

 

 

 

Tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes

SLC is on the North American plate on the margin of the Basin and Range extensional zone of tectonics.

 

Geosphere:

Anthrosphere:

END OF WORKSHEET FOR THE MIDTERM… this worksheet plus the following page make up the bulk of HW13
NOTE THIS SECTION IS NOT ON THE MIDTERM… your labs and this page are not due until April 7.

GEOSPHERE continued

 

 

 

 

Weathering

 

 

 

Geosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Mass movement

 

 

 

Geosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

River processes, landforms, and hazards

 

 

 

Hydrosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Wind processes, landforms and hazards

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Oceans, large lakes, coastal processes and landforms

 

 

 

Atmosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Glacial processes and landforms

 

 

 

Geosphere:

Anthrosphere:

 

Melting of glaciers globally

 

 

 

Hydrosphere:

Anthrosphere: