The exam will be a Quiz on Canvas. 

The Exam is NOT open book.

ANY cheating, use of notes, text, or communication during the exam will result in a “0” on the exam and an “F” in the course.  The exam will be monitored by Zoom.

As per College policy, the exam uses a lockdown browser.  Details for the Lock down browser are on the UBC Canvas site, and here:  https://rossway.net/lockdown-browser/

I have posted a Respondus Test Quiz – PLEASE take it to make sure your tech works.  This will save you stress during the exam.

You will be monitored by Zoom (using a second device like your phone, showing you and your desk).  You must be on the Zoom call and keep your CAMERA ON at all times. Please keep your MICROPHONE OFF.

  • I will ask you to show your faced clearly on Zoom at the beginning of the exam.
  • I will ask you to pan around your exam space at the beginning of the exam.
  • During the exam, please have your camera to the side showing your face and your desk.

Remember you are studying in Catholic learning environment and are expected to behave by standards of Christian morality and ethics.

c learning environment and are expected to behave by standards of Christian morality and ethics.

The exam covers Chapters 7-11

Some things to study …

(not an exhaustive list, but these will show up in some form …)

  • various air masses (mT, mP etc)
  • different climate zones
  • actual and potential evapotranspiration/soil moisture deficits/etc
  • various biomes
  • what influences climate
  • DAR/MAR
  • various fronts (warm/cold/etc)
  • basic cloud types
  • cyclones and anticlyclones / high and low pressure
  • severe weather
  • dew point
  • issues associated with climate and climate change

Format

The exam will be 1.5 hours and will include

  • multiple choice questions
  • short answer questions (a couple of sentences)
  • longer answer questions (a paragraph)

 How to Study …

  1. The College provides study resources. Check them out.
  2. Read over the online notes.  The exam is based on them.
  3. Make your own notes based on what you read.
  4. Quiz yourself.
  5. As you read the notes, do use the figures in the text (an online resources) as references. The figures/pictures really help you visualize what you’re studying!
  6. Review the chapters in the text.  Note that I will NOT ask you anything that is only in the text, but not in your notes!
  7. You can NOT use your notes, my notes, or the text during the exam. Doing so will mean an automatic 0 and will be referred to the Dean for further discipline.
What Should You Bring or NOT Bring?

You should bring …

  • Yourself!  (refreshed, relaxed, invigorated, empowered by the Spirit)
  • A pen (and pencil if you wish, for the diagrams).

You should NOT bring …

  • Your text or notes (sorry, this exam is not open book!)
  • Your cousin (a geography graduate student at Cambridge)
  • A calculator (any math will be VERY simple)
  • A cell phone, iphone, tablet, netbook, desktop, or other electronic device
  • Any crib notes, cheat sheets, or other “aids”

You’ll do fine!  That’s about it!  Study hard!  I know there is lots to know and lots to memorize (the plague of introductory science courses!), but go at it!

Try to remember that this is God’s creation we are studying (it’s one of the symptoms of the Fall that studying divine artistry seems like drudgery!).   As you study the Earth-Atmosphere system, you are studying God’s handiwork!  You are doing theology (learning about God)!  Hard though it is, try to keep that perspective going …

God bless,

Bruce