Variables to Classify Climate Empirical Classification Genetic Classification Koppen System Climograph Urban Heat Island Causes of Climate Change     -Glaciation         -Eccentricity         -Obliquity         -Precession     -Volcanic Activity     -Atmospheric Gases Future Climates Simplified Koppen Climate Classes (Table 10.1, Fig. 10.3) Hypothetical Continent Zones of Transition Tectonic Processes Gradational Processes Weathering Mass Wasting Erosion Deposition Lithosphere Mantle Crust     -Oceanic     -Continental Rock Types     -Igneous         -Extrusive         -Intrusive     -Sedimantary     -Metamorphic Rock Cycle Plate Tectonics Sea Floor Spreading Subduction

Volcanoes Composite Cones Shield Volcanoes Flood Basalts Ring of Fire Folding Anticlines Synclines Faults Earthquakes Epicenter Magnitude Erosion Deposition Base Level Weathering     -Chemical     -Physical Differential Weathering Landslides