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12/13/2004 -
Final Exam Alert
At the review session on Monday (12/13), students were asked to come up with some questions that they thought would be good for the Final examination. 5 questions were suggested. 2 of these will be on the Final.
- Describe the complications of modeling and predicting climate variability.
- Compare and contrast K-T boundary extinction scenarios. Explain the associated environmental impacts from each scenario.
- Describe processes that led to our current oxygenic atmosphere.
- Provide some equations
- What time period(s) were involved?
- What proofs or evidence exist to support the occurrence of these processes?
- What was the primitive atmosphere like?
- Describe processes that influenced Pleistocene Glaciation.
- Describe arguments for/against Maastrichian glaciation
Two additional questions will come from the lecture portion and 1 additional question from the Lab for the total of 5 questions. The Exam is comprehensive with emphasis on material since the Midterm. The exam will be handed out in class on 12/15 (Wednesday). There will be no lecture that day.
The completed exam is due on December 22 (Wednesday) by 4 PM
- 12/5/2004 -
1. Poster presentation based on the term paper has been eliminated – counted as 10% of the grade – added to the term paper which now counts as 30% of your grade.
2. Term paper due date was changed.
| Dec 3 Fri | Term paper drafts returned (via Colin). Lab as usual |
| Dec 6 Mon | Continue with Glacial climate feedbacks |
| Dec 8 Wed | LGM through Holocene millennial and century-scale climate and climate changes |
| Dec 10 Fri | Present-day climate variability |
| Dec 13 Mon | Term paper due. Review session (come with questions) |
| Dec 15 Wed | No lecture but come to the class to obtain the take-home final exam. |
| Dec 22 Wed | Final exam due by 4PM |
I will have the grading done by January 3 or 4 and the grades submitted January 4.
Because of the University rules (grades must be in by Dec 24 – or 27), I will initially give everyone an Incomplete.
- 9/29/2004 - Three websites that deal with Coriolis effect (some with movies) have been added under Links.
- 9/29/2004 - The class is now one full lecture behind. We will finish Chapter 6 on or by October 8, i.e., the Mid-Term will cover Chapters 1 through 6.
- 9/9/2004 - Term Paper section added to class page.
- 9/9/2004 - Syllabus and lecture outline are up on the web.
- 9/9/2004 - The web page is up.
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