 
Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography, 2nd Edition
November 2010, ©2011
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This student-friendly, interactive lab manual presents activities and experiments that enhance students’ ability to both visualize and understand physical geographic topics. In a clear and concise tone, the manual requires students to first apply information they learned and then to critically evaluate the information.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Maps in the Digital Age.
Chapter 2 Earth-Sun System.
Chapter 3 Water in the Atmosphere.
Chapter 4 Fronts, storms and Weather Maps.
Chapter 5 Global Climates.
Chapter 6 Vegetation and soils.
Chapter 7 Minerals, the Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics.
Chapter 8 Volcanoes, Faults and Mountains.
Chapter 9 Weathering and Rivers.
Chapter 10 Deserts, Coasts and Glacial Landscapes.
New To This Edition
The fully-updated 2nd edition includes new artwork and images as well as 14 new exercises on the following topics:
· Global Positioning System
· Maps in the Digital Age
· Satellite Images
· Earth's Energy Balance
· The Greenhouse Effect
· Global Warming
· Latent Heating
· Predicting Weather With Models
· Digital Forecasts
· Regional climate Change
· Agricultural productivity
· Water resources and agriculture
· Pacific ring of fire from satellite
· Rotation of the Earth's inner core
Hallmark Features
- Minimal text. The author keeps descriptive text at a minimum, giving students more time to perform experiments, answer questions and write up lab reports.
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Self-contained Lab Units. All pedagogical features are complete for each Unit, including Lab Reports. This helps students focus on the topics learned in that lab.
Available Versions
Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography, 2nd Edition
ISBN 978-0-470-95276-4
November 2010, ©2011
Paperback, 360 pages
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