Physic Geog: Earth Systems Lab

Catalog description

Get outside and into the field! Explore Earth's physical environment! This course satisfies the science lab requirement, and complements either the Physical Geography lecture course (Geog 120) or the Earth Science lecture course (Geol 104). It examines Earth's atmospheric, hydrospheric, lithospheric, and biospheric systems, and the Earth's seasonal orbit about the Sun. Students will study plate tectonics including faulting, earthquakes, volcanism, and the rock cycle, and will investigate landforms, seasons, weather, climate, and the evolutionary response to climate variation as studied in the natural habitats surrounding Grossmont. Students will use topographic maps, weather maps, satellite loops, compass, clinometer, GPS, weather sensors, and the campus-wide Outdoor Educational "Rock and Native-Vegetation Zones." (C-ID GEOG 111 and GEOG 120L) (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-5, CSU-B3, IGETC-5C, Cal-GETC-5C)