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Writing Assignment 3

EAPS 10000 Y01 Planet Earth Online Course – Prof. L Braile

Writing Assignment 3: Writing Assignment 3 should include topics in Chapters 11 through

16 in the textbook. Except for the topics, the instructions for completing Writing Assignment

3 are the same as for Writing Assignment 1. See the Due Dates file (on the Course Content

area of BB Learn) for due dates of all assignments. Be sure to read the instructions

in the WA 1 assignment. Please pay particular attention to the plagiarism

discussion!

Suggested topics for Writing Assignment 3:

Greenhouse gasses Ozone hole

Acid rain Global warning

Climate change Clouds

Droughts Floods

Blizzards Air pollution

Atmospheric circulation Coriolis effect

Thunderstorms Weather hazards

Lightning Tornadoes

Hurricanes Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Katrina The Tri-State hurricane

The solar system Earth’s tilt

Jupiter’s moons Galileo

Copernicus Keppler

Newton Planetary impacts

Asteroids Formation of the Moon

Olympus Mons Life on Mars?

Water on Mars? Comets

Atmosphere of Venus Terrestrial and gaseous planets

Volcanoes of Io Saturn’s rings

Asteroid belt Jupiter’s great red spot

Measuring astronomical distances Galaxies

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram Life of a star

The big bang Hubble red shift

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Suggested Topics and Example References (links) for WA 3:

Air pollution

Intro to six common air pollutants: http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/

List of topic resources on specific issues:http://www.nrdc.org/air/

Greenhouse gasses

Intro to greenhouse gases: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/gases.html

Intro to the greenhouse effect:http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_3_1.htm

Ozone hole

Intro to the ozone hole: http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Process of ozone depletion: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/process.html

Acid rain

Basics of acid rain: http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/acidrain.html

Global warming

Brief intro to causes of global warming: http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

Frequently asked questions surrounding a changing climate:

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf

Climate change

Intro to the issues: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/

Clouds

Cloud types: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html

Formation of clouds: http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/1__Clouds/-

_Formation_of_clouds_t9.html

Droughts

http://www.epa.gov/air/urbanair/
http://www.nrdc.org/air/
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/gases.html
http://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_3_1.htm
http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/process.html
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/acidrain.html
http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html
http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/1__Clouds/-_Formation_of_clouds_t9.html
http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/1__Clouds/-_Formation_of_clouds_t9.html
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NOAA drought info center: http://www.drought.noaa.gov/

NASA articles: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/DroughtFacts/

Floods

Intro to floods: http://www.ready.gov/floods

Emergency preparedness:http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/

Blizzards

Basics:http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/blizzard.php?wfo=fgz

http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/blizzard.html

Atmospheric circulation

Basics: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1400/circulation.html

Three cell circulation: http://sparce.evac.ou.edu/q_and_a/air_circulation.htm

Coriolis effect

Brief description: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/currents/05currents1.html

More technical and historical description:

http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/gkv/history/Persson98.pdf

Thunderstorms

Basic in question and answer format:

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/tstorm/tst_basics.html

http://weather.cod.edu/sirvatka/ts.html

Weather hazards

Stats (see menu for more info): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml

An intro to high impact meteorology: http://severewx.atmos.uiuc.edu/

Lightning

Basics: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/how-lightning-works.html

List of resources: http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.drought.noaa.gov/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/DroughtFacts/
http://www.ready.gov/floods
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/blizzard.php?wfo=fgz
http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/blizzard.html
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1400/circulation.html
http://sparce.evac.ou.edu/q_and_a/air_circulation.htm
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/currents/05currents1.html
http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/gkv/history/Persson98.pdf
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/tstorm/tst_basics.html
http://weather.cod.edu/sirvatka/ts.html
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml
http://severewx.atmos.uiuc.edu/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/how-lightning-works.html
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/
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