After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• identify key features and characteristics of atmospheric, geological, hydrological, and biological systems as they relate to aquatic environments

• apply systems thinking to the examination of aquatic environments, including positive and negative feedback cycles

• evaluate global environmental data using technology such as maps, visualizations, satellite data, GPS, GIS, weather balloons, buoys, etc.

• examine the interrelationships between aquatic systems and climate and weather, including El Nino and La Nina, currents, and hurricanes

• Identify interrelationships between ocean currents, climates, and geological features

Vocab you will learn in this unit:

• Atmospheric systems

• Geological systems

• Hydrological systems

• Biological systems

• Positive Feedback cycles

• Negative Feedback cycles

• Global Environmental Data

• Weather Balloons

• Buoys

• Climate

• Weather

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Currents

• Hurricanes

• Geological Features