Unit PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCES
- Course
- Geology
- Study-unit Code
- A001106
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Laura Melelli
- Teachers
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- Laura Melelli
- Angela Baldanza (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 24 ore - Laura Melelli
- 28 ore (Codocenza) - Angela Baldanza
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline geologiche
- Academic discipline
- GEO/04
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The atmosphere and the climate, climatic elements; classification of climates, the hydrosphere and the hydrologic cycle, oceans and seas, continental waters, The Lithosphere; structure and dynamics of the Earth; distribution of oceans and continents; Geo-lithological cycle; interactions between the lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere; chemical and physical processes; continental environments, transitional and marine; seismic and volcanic phenomena; introduction to plate tectonics, continental drift. Cartography: reading the legend, topographic and hydrographic; calculation UTM coordinates, longitude and latitude; concept of scales; topographic section.
Spatial Reference System. Geographical Information System. - Reference texts
- Grotzinger J., Jordan T.H. - Capire la Terra- Casa Editrice Zanichelli
Federici P.R. Il Pianeta Terra- Geografia fisica, UTET - Educational objectives
- Knowledge of the main endogenous and exogenous phenomena and interactions between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere.
Ability to link causes and effects related to the endogenous and exogenous phenomena of the planet. Reading and interpreting geographical and topographical maps. - Prerequisites
- Student must have minimum knowledge (acquired during the high school of second degree) on phenomena that interact on the planet Earth. The teacher will evaluate informally previous knowledge of the students so that they can remedy in the initial stage of course, of the cognitive gaps and bringing students to a base level as uniform as possible. After this stage will start the course proper.
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lessons and practical training
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination, lasting minimum 45 minutes in which students will be evaluated on the ability to express the knowledges acquired by individual study and the ability to develop logical arguments cause / effect.
Informations about support for DSA students are available at http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- The atmosphere and the climate, climatic elements; classification of climates, the hydrosphere and the hydrologic cycle, oceans and seas, continental waters, The Lithosphere; structure and dynamics of the Earth; distribution of oceans and continents; Geo-lithological cycle; interactions between the lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere; chemical and physical processes; continental environments, transitional and marine; seismic and volcanic phenomena; introduction to plate tectonics, continental drift. Cartography: reading the legend, topographic and hydrographic; calculation UTM coordinates, longitude and latitude; concept of scales; topographic section.
Cartographic Reference Systems. Geographic Information Systems: data and formats. Websites for the download of digital cartography.