The following list of topics is intended to guide the student during their studying of the topics introduced in the lab.  Not all topics in each chapter will be tested; however, any topics introduced in the laboratory by the instructor should be considered information that will be tested.  This list is meant only to guide the student as they study each chapter for the exams.  As you read through each chapter, pay particular attention to the words marked in bold and italics.

Lab 6 – Deserts and Drylands

• AGI Chapter 14
  • What are drylands and deserts?
    • What are the differences between each?
    • What is degradation and deforestation?
  • Eolian processes, landforms and desertification
    • Processes and landforms
      • How does wind move sediment and how do dunes form?
      • What role does dense vegetation plan in wind erosion?
      • What are blowouts and ventifacts and what are their characteristics (how would a ventifact differ from a glaciated cobble)?
      • Be able to identify the various types of dunes addressed in the text and as shown in figures
        • Be sure to be able to identify all the features listed in the text, not just those that appear on the block diagrams

• Dryland landforms

• • • Be able to identify the landforms listed in the text

• Be sure to understand how and why each feature forms

• • As always, be able to identify any of the above on a topographic map such as those used as examples in the chapter.