GEO 210 : Test 1: Lec 1-3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is Geography? - CORRECT ANSWER A "Science" that studies the relationships among
natural systems, geographic areas, society and cultural activities, and the interdependence of all of these
over space
Two fundamental inter-related concepts: Space and Time
What is Spatial Analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER Examines how phenomena occur and interact
across space and over time (Idea of Patterns and Processes)
Think: Patterns (What is there)
- Spaces (Differences and Similarities)
Think : Processes (Why and How is it there?)
- Time (Actions in a specific order that cause of implicate the effect)
What are the main Two Main Divisions in Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Physical Geography
and Human Geography
Examples of Physical Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Ex: biology and climatology
Examples of Human Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Ex: Population Geography and Urban
Geography
Examples of Both Human and Physical Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Ex: Natural Hazards
and Land Use
, The Concept of Danger - CORRECT ANSWER The possibility of harm or death, or that something
bad will happen
Side notes:
- Dangerous events or situations can be "immediate" to "slow onset"
- A dangerous events or situations can be "visible" or "invisible" (or both)
- They can be "natural" or "human-made" (or both)
- "Safe": secure from threat of danger; not likely to be harmed
Levels of Danger - CORRECT ANSWER Danger - harm likely occur unless special precautions
made
Warning - a higher chance of harm
Caution - be careful, and you will likely be okay
Main idea: Your perception and behaviour make it dangerous and not dangerous
Symbols of Danger - CORRECT ANSWER Toxic
Radioactive
Explosive
Poisonous
Biohazard
Hazard vs. Risk - CORRECT ANSWER Hazard: any source of potential harm, damage, or adverse
health effects on something or someone
Risk: the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse health effect if
exposed to a hazard
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is Geography? - CORRECT ANSWER A "Science" that studies the relationships among
natural systems, geographic areas, society and cultural activities, and the interdependence of all of these
over space
Two fundamental inter-related concepts: Space and Time
What is Spatial Analysis? - CORRECT ANSWER Examines how phenomena occur and interact
across space and over time (Idea of Patterns and Processes)
Think: Patterns (What is there)
- Spaces (Differences and Similarities)
Think : Processes (Why and How is it there?)
- Time (Actions in a specific order that cause of implicate the effect)
What are the main Two Main Divisions in Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Physical Geography
and Human Geography
Examples of Physical Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Ex: biology and climatology
Examples of Human Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Ex: Population Geography and Urban
Geography
Examples of Both Human and Physical Geography - CORRECT ANSWER Ex: Natural Hazards
and Land Use
, The Concept of Danger - CORRECT ANSWER The possibility of harm or death, or that something
bad will happen
Side notes:
- Dangerous events or situations can be "immediate" to "slow onset"
- A dangerous events or situations can be "visible" or "invisible" (or both)
- They can be "natural" or "human-made" (or both)
- "Safe": secure from threat of danger; not likely to be harmed
Levels of Danger - CORRECT ANSWER Danger - harm likely occur unless special precautions
made
Warning - a higher chance of harm
Caution - be careful, and you will likely be okay
Main idea: Your perception and behaviour make it dangerous and not dangerous
Symbols of Danger - CORRECT ANSWER Toxic
Radioactive
Explosive
Poisonous
Biohazard
Hazard vs. Risk - CORRECT ANSWER Hazard: any source of potential harm, damage, or adverse
health effects on something or someone
Risk: the chance or probability that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse health effect if
exposed to a hazard
