Department of Earth Science |Northeastern Illinois University

INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI 121

Section 05
Fall 2008

Daily Objectives #29 (December 4, 2008)                                                                                                                          Dr. Sanders

By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:


w Describe why cold and warm fronts are related to precipitation, and sketch a diagram illustrating the process.

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Describe how fronts relate to low pressure systems.

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Describe how low pressure systems move (internally, through rotation, and in moving across the land surface)..

w Describe analogies for important events in geologic time.

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Describe analogies for thicknesses of the various layers of the Earth.

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