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GEO 121 Climatology

NCE1 levelSocial Sciences8 topics

GEO 121 covers 8 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Composition and structure of the atmosphere (heat distribution) - Vertical (i.e.
  2. Understanding the elements and factors of weather and climate.
  3. Pressure systems - types and distribution, patterns and factors influencing them.
  4. Planatary systems - wind, air masses, and their origin and influence on weather and
  5. The concept of climatic regions and their classification into types based on their
  6. Kopen’s classification
  7. Case studies of local climate, using a nearby well establish ed meteorological data
  8. Climate and Human activities: climate, land and settlement, climate and land use.

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Composition and structure of the atmosphere (heat distribution) - Vertical (i.e.

This topic focuses on how atmospheric heat is distributed vertically and how temperature changes with height in the atmosphere. For exam success, you must master the temperature pattern of each atmospheric layer, the reasons for warming and cooling with altitude, and how vertical heat structure affects weather processes and human activity.

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