PHS186 — Introduction to Earth Science Lab
AA Approved Explores the physical elements and processes that make up the environment. Focuses on Earth functions as one closed system with the hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere interacting to form daily patterns in life. Various Earth processes are discussed: heating and pressure of air, winds, storms, climates and causes, the role of the oceans, landform processes of plate tectonics, mountain building, volcanism, gradation and fluvial processes, and glaciations. Course Learning