g205_f21_MidtermSG

GEOG 205 Fall 2021 Midterm Exam “Study Guide” General Concepts  Geomorphological trinity  Driving vs resisting forces  Force balance, energy, work  Process vs form  Assessing process or ideas from imagery  Knowledge production (categories, theories, peer review)  Knowledge integration ( one week’s content does not exist in isolation ) Week 1: intro  Can you define geomorphology and answer questions about its origins?  Process, form, transport, setting  Process geomorphology – from W.M. Davis to today  Systems in earth science (matter, energy….open, closed, isolated)  Scales – time and space  Feedbacks  Equilibrium and thresholds Week 2: concepts and tools  Driving forces – energy into the system  Resisting forces – resist change, dissipate energy  How are rates of change controlled by balances between driving and resisting forces?  Process – what is magnitude and frequency? Do you understand the plot on p. 11?  Recurrence interval, recovery time  Endogenic vs exogenic processes, slow and fast  Force, energy, work – don’t nee d equations, but do you understand?  What controls resistance to driving force?  Do you know how to define, and give an example of, analytical, computational, and experimental tools/perspectives in geomorph? Week 3: weathering and soils  What is denudation and what components does it include?  Can you define weathering? Why it occurs? How it occurs? Where it occurs? Its timing?  Physical vs. chemical weathering…and examples?  What is karst?  Factors controlling weathering…this is important!  Do you understand the figure on p. 34?