This lab manual offers a comprehensive set of lab exercises to accompany any physical geography class. The manual emphasizes the application of concepts needed to understand geography.  Images in jpg format, for instructor use in lecture presentations, are available for download and can be found in the catalog under the Answer Key to the Laboratory Manual (0132303248).

Introduction                                 

Exercise 1       Metric Conversions

Exercise 2       Location 

Exercise 3       Time                   

Exercise 4       Map Scale                 

Exercise 5       Map Projections

Exercise 6       Isolines

Exercise 7       Earth-Sun Relations

Exercise 8       Solar Angle

Exercise 9       Insolation

Exercise 10     Temperature Patterns

Exercise 11     Air Pressure

Exercise 12     Wind

Exercise 13     Humidity

Exercise 14     Adiabatic Processes

Exercise 15     Stability

Exercise 16     Midlatitude Cyclones

Exercise 17     Weather Maps

Exercise 18     Weather Satellite Images

Exercise 19     Doppler Radar

Exercise 20     Hurricanes

Exercise 21     Climate Classification

Exercise 22     Biome Distribution and Climate

Exercise 23     Contour Lines

Exercise 24     U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps

Exercise 25     Topographic Profiles

Exercise 26     U.S. Public Land Survey System

Exercise 27     Stereo Aerial Photographs

Exercise 28     Plate Tectonics

Exercise 29     Volcanoes

Exercise 30     Volcanic Calderas

Exercise 31     Faulting

Exercise 32     The San Andreas Fault

Exercise 33     Mass Wasting

Exercise 34     Drainage Basins

Exercise 35     Floodplains

Exercise 36     Stream Drainage Patterns

Exercise 37     Stream Rejuvenation

Exercise 38     Flood Recurrence Intervals

Exercise 39     Karst Topography

Exercise 40     Desert Landforms

Exercise 41     Sand Dunes

Exercise 42     Continental Glaciation

Exercise 43     Alpine Glaciation

Exercise 44     Coastal Landforms

Appendix I       Weather Map Symbols

Appendix II      Color Topographic Maps

Appendix III     Glossary

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