Final -- What to know

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FINAL TIMES..
Exam Schedule ---https://www.farmingdale.edu/registrar/final-exams.shtml

Monday/Wednesday 1:40PM-2:50PM Class
Final Test Chapters 1-11
FINAL TIME - DECEMBER 13TH---1:40pm Class Final-------
Final Test Chapters 1-11
FINAL TIME

DECEMBER

1:10pm-3:50pm

Monday/Wednesday 3:05pm-4:20pm Class
FINAL TIME
Final Test Chapters 1-11
DECEMBER 18TH 4PM to 6:40PM **note TEST time*** PLEASE READ -- PLEASE READ-------

FINAL (Chapters 1 THROUGH 11)
FINAL IS 30% OF GRADE!!!!!!

Grades: Your grade in the course will be determined by your test scores, homework and classroom participation.
There will be 4 exams during the semester, plus a final exam. 5 tests total. I ***do not drop**** the lowest grade...
4 test scores 60% of your grade, Final 30%, ------Homework, Class Participation in Discussions 10%
NO make up tests -- You final exam grade will replace the miss test grade. ********************
**** THE EXAMS ARE DURING YOUR CLASS TIME AND CLASS TIME ONLY -

Finals schedule -  http://www.farmingdale.edu/registrar/final-exams.shtml
GRADES   DUE 72 HOURS AFTER FINAL EXAM

Final exam is 50 questions and will be similiar to the first 4 exams.

FINAL HELP - Focus on Chapter 4 and Chapter 9

Go over old tests -- Remember from Test 2 how is Air stable!!!!!

1. Know what season we are in and about to go into. Latitude Lines -- Sun Location - How Much Sun...... Chapter 2 pages 30 to 40

2. Levels of the atmosphere. What makes each level special....... Chapter 1
Levels in the Atmosphere: See figure 1.20 page 18.
Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere Pages 16 to 20

3. What makes air Stable or Unstable. Chapter 4

4. Pages 100 to 104- Test 2 Understand stable and unstable air - Environmental lapse rate..... Chapter 4. Remember to draw your chart!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comparing an air parcel to the Environment. Is it Warmer or Colder than the Environment?

5. Think of all the things that go with unstable air. Type of clouds and precipitation...... Chapter 4 and 5 pages 116 to 121

6. Wind flow- clockwise, counter clockwise how do storm systems move. Surface winds and winds aloft with pressure.

7.Weather patterns. What happens with low pressure and all the properties with fronts. Air masses Chapter 8, 9

8. Know what happens in your location in reference to where low pressure is. Clouds, precipitation, wind direction. Chapter 9 PAGE 241-243 MID LATITUDE CYCLONE - think test 4.

9. Thunderstorms - tornadoes and hurricanes - Basic Concepts.

10. What is happening in all locations around Low Pressure.

11. Chapter 3 -- Temperatures conversions
study old tests --- the above is not a full list -- concepts on old tests will also be on the final

IN THE BELOW MAP - WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT ALL OF THE POINTS..
WINDS??
AIRMASS??
CLOUDS??
WEATHER?? CAN IT SNOW? WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION?
IS IT WARM? IS IT COLD?

PLUS ALL THE OLD TESTS....Look at concepts you got wrong and make sure you know them...