Spring 2014 EES Final Study Guide
Climate
Reconstruction of past climates
Indirect and direct evidence examples
Natural causes of climate change
Milankovitch cycles
Factors that affect climate
Urban heat islands
Orographic effect
Greenhouse effect
How it works
Greenhouse gases
Albedo
Seasons
Dynamic Earth
Geologic Time Scale
Layers of the Earth
Law of Superposition
Radiometric dating and half-life
Calculating radioactive decay
Tectonic plates
What causes the movement
Boundary types (Divergent, Convergent,
Transform)
Boundary formations (trenches, volcanoes, ridges, seafloor spreading)
Earthquakes
Epicenter
Measurement scales o Richter vs. Moment Magnitude
Tsunamis
Natural Resources
Fossil fuels
Examples
How we get them
Byproducts of burning fossil fuels
Nuclear Energy
How it works
Fission vs Fusion
Renewable vs Non-renewable
What they mean
Examples of each
Solar
What is uses
Advantages
Spring 2014 EES Final Study Guide
Climate
Reconstruction of past climates
Indirect and direct evidence examples
Natural causes of climate change
Milankovitch cycles
Factors that affect climate
Urban heat islands
Orographic effect
Greenhouse effect
How it works
Greenhouse gases
Albedo
Seasons
Dynamic Earth
Geologic Time Scale
Layers of the Earth
Law of Superposition
Radiometric dating and half-life
Calculating radioactive decay
Tectonic plates
What causes the movement
Boundary types (Divergent, Convergent,
Transform)
Boundary formations (trenches, volcanoes, ridges, seafloor spreading)
Earthquakes
Epicenter
Measurement scales o Richter vs. Moment Magnitude
Tsunamis
Natural Resources
Fossil fuels
Examples
How we get them
Byproducts of burning fossil fuels
Nuclear Energy
How it works
Fission vs Fusion
Renewable vs Non-renewable
What they mean
Examples of each
Solar
What is uses
Advantages

Wind
Disadvantages
Fracking
Uses
Water Resources
Reservoirs
Residence time
Which reservoir has the longest residence time
Earth’s freshwater
How much
Where it is
Groundwater
Permeability and porosity
Water tables
Ogallala Aquifer
Impacts of decreasing an aquifer
Surface water
Watersheds
What happens when groundwater meets surface water
Rivers o Sediment Load o Landforms
Urban Water Cycle
3 basic pieces
Major source
Droughts
Cause
Fire relationship
Colorado Water
Headwater
Where our water goes
Wind
Disadvantages
Fracking
Uses
Water Resources
Reservoirs
Residence time
Which reservoir has the longest residence time
Earth’s freshwater
How much
Where it is
Groundwater
Permeability and porosity
Water tables
Ogallala Aquifer
Impacts of decreasing an aquifer
Surface water
Watersheds
What happens when groundwater meets surface water
Rivers o Sediment Load o Landforms
Urban Water Cycle
3 basic pieces
Major source
Droughts
Cause
Fire relationship
Colorado Water
Headwater
Where our water goes