Lab #1 - The Web, Global Change and Planets

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Read the online article entitled: Background Information: Introduction to Global Change  then answer the questions (as defined in the article):

     
  1. What are the  human driving forces of global change as identified by the author?

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
  2.     What is the difference between systematic vs. cumulative global changes?

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
Study the Web  Warmup Activity produced by the VGD and learn how to use the Search Engines described (see also: General Web Searching and Internet Use).  Then use them to find the following Websites.  Write-in the URL (Universal Resource Locator) or electronic address for each site below:
     
    1.  NASA/JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) - Mars Polar Lander - article/PR release
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      1. The UNICEF - 2003 State of the World's Children report:
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        1. USGS (U.S. Geological Service) - EROS Data Center, International Programs :


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        1. The Smithsonian Institution online exhibit entitled Ocean Planet:
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          1. The GSA - Geological Society of America homepage
                 
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          2. NASA - Earth Enterprise homepage
                 
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        Study the module Views of the Solar System then write an essay (one page) describing at least three differences and three similarities between Earth, Jupiter, Mars and the Sun. Use diagrams where possible to supplement your essay.
                                       

         

        Last Revised: May 30, 2004