Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of basic notions of physics useful to correctly frame forestry-environmental and natural science topics. The course introduces to the definition, understanding and use of physical quantities and fundamental physical laws and their application to processes and phenomena of interest in forestry-environmental sciences.
Applying knowledge and understanding: the course also aims to make students acquire the ability to analyze data through a simple, but rigorous modeling and mathematical treatment aimed at familiarizing students with graphical representations and estimates of the scales of physical quantities and phenomena.