Earth's Physical Environment ((3 credit hours))

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Explores the fundamental characteristics of Earth's physical environment. Emphasizes identifying interrelationships between atmospheric processes involving energy, pressure, and moisture; weather and climate; and terrestrial processes of vegetative biomes, soils, and landscape formation and change. Fulfills elementary certification requirements in education, and USP cross-disciplinary requirement. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours).