<p> Topics for Honors Final</p><p>There will be multiple-choice questions from each topic of study: 25 questions from astronomy & oceanography, 15 questions from geology, and 35 from meteorology.</p><p>Astronomy: Meteorology:  Greenhouse Effect  Optical Telescope  Isobars  Electromagnetic Spectrum  Isotherms - Red Shift  Warmest and Coldest months  Galaxy  Warmest and Coldest hours  Stages of stars  Types of clouds  Aphelion and Perihelion - Stratus  CCD - Nimbus  Parts of a Telescope - Cirrus - Objective lens/mirror - Cumulus - Focus  Dew Point - Eyepiece  Types of Precipitation:  Solar Phenomenon - Hail - Solar Flares - Drizzle - Solar Prominences - Sleet - Solar Wind  Air Pressure - Granules  Wind Belts (identify types of)  Meteors, Meteorites, Meteoroids  Pressure Belts (identify types of)  Comet  Fronts - Nucleus - Cold - Coma - Warm  Luminosity - Occluded  Apparent Magnitude - Stationary  Absolute Magnitude  High and low pressure systems  Characteristics of Jovian and Terrestrial  Conduction Planets  Convection  Radiation  Lightning  Tornado & Hurricane Season  Watch & Warning  Fringing Reef, Barrier Island & Atoll</p><p>Oceanography:  Benthos Geology:  Nekton  Plankton  Glaciers  Major elements of seawater - Where can we find glaciers?  Salinity (causes of increase and - Where is the movement the fastest? decrease) - Eskers  Oceanic features formed by convergent - Kames and divergent boundaries - Kettles  Continental Shelf - Drumlins  Continental Slope - Striations  Continental Rise - Arête  Density of seawater - Erractics -Cooling - Firn -Freezing - Till -Evaporation  Active vs. Passive Margins  Turbidities  Muds  Clays  Oozes  Authigenic Sediments  Longshore Current  Rip Current  Warm and Cold Currents</p>