| Unit name | Air Water Fire Earth 301 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYS31010 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Nick Brook |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Normally 120 credit points of level I physics units including PHYS21030 or PHYS21010 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
An introduction to ecophysics. This unit applies the physics the students know at this point, to the broader issues involved with the environment. The aim is to give an outline of the physics within air and water in the environment and how a variety of phenomena arise therefrom. Applications will involve a broad-brush introduction to weather, to 'environmentally-friendly' power generation and to phenomena like flight, which are based on simple physics and take place within the air and water around us. A key skill which we hope will be developed is to consider rather complex systems from the environment around us, and extract the core elements of the science which underpin them.
