Applied Physical Geography: Geosystems in the Laboratory - Softcover

Christopherson, Robert W.; Hobbs, Gail Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135054052 ISBN 13: 9780135054055

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 1999

Synopsis

This spiral-bound geography lab manual contains 30 lab exercises that are divided into logical sections. Each exercise comes with a list of key terms and learning concepts. We integrate links to Google Earth™ KMZ files available at mygeoscience place.com into the exercises, allowing you to actually experience and manipulate topographic maps in digital elevation mode relief as you work through problems. The Ninth Edition of the lab manual includes a new organization, new labs on climate change, soils, and rock identification, QR codes that link students to Pre Lab videos, as well as to color topographic maps, images, and animation media.

About this title

From the Publisher

Ideal for use with any text on physical geography, this laboratory manual contains 12 step-by-step exercises that help students apply essential geographic principles, methods, and tools to better understand Earth and its systems.

From the Back Cover

This lab manual contains essential geographic principles, methods, and tools to help readers better understand Earth's systems. Chapter topics include weather maps; Earth's atmosphere; topographic analysis; Earth-sun relationships; map projections, map reading, and interpretation; soils, biomes, and more. For geographers and other scientists who want to better understand Earth's systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0135054052
• ISBN 13: 9780135054055
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 350