LSU GEOGRAPHY 2051 NAMIKAS FINAL EXAM
2026/2027 || PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY REVIEW ||
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD
STUDY GUIDE || COMPLETE TEST BANK || GRADED
A+
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER -- Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lithosphere
What is the water portion of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER -Scientific
method
A body of existing knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER -Theory
A provisional explanation - CORRECT ANSWER -Hypothesis
A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter
and energy - CORRECT ANSWER -System
,Matter and energy can leave the system - CORRECT ANSWER -Open
system
The system is self-contained; matter and energy are preserved - CORRECT
ANSWER -Closed system
Whatever is inputted in to the system will either be used as storage or will be
outputted - CORRECT ANSWER -Budgets
Inputs are larger than outputs and storage increases - CORRECT ANSWER
-Positive budget
Outputs are larger than inputs and storage decreases - CORRECT
ANSWER -Negative budget
Inputs are equal to outputs and storage is constant - CORRECT ANSWER -
Balanced budget (equilibrium)
A fixed balance that is rarely changing - CORRECT ANSWER -Static
equilibrium
A balance that is constantly changing - CORRECT ANSWER -Dynamic
equilibrium
System response to a change in conditions or inputs that acts to influence that
initial change - CORRECT ANSWER -Feedbacks
System responses that result in positive increases - CORRECT ANSWER -
Positive feedbacks
, System responses that act to reduce environmental conditions and helps the
system maintain and preserve itself - CORRECT ANSWER -Negative
feedbacks
Parallels that use the equator as reference - CORRECT ANSWER -Latitude
Meridians that use Greenwich as a reference - CORRECT ANSWER -
Longitude
The innermost portion of the earth - CORRECT ANSWER -Core
The part of the earth that is very hot, under a lot of pressure, and contains solid
iron - CORRECT ANSWER -Inner core
The part of the earth that is hot, liquid iron - CORRECT ANSWER -Outer
core
The middle portion of the earth - CORRECT ANSWER -Mantle
The plastic layer of the mantle - CORRECT ANSWER -Asthenosphere
The rigid layer of the mantle - CORRECT ANSWER -Uppermost mantle
The outermost portion of the earth - CORRECT ANSWER -Crust
The mantle and crust makes up the ________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lithosphere
2026/2027 || PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY REVIEW ||
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || HIGH-YIELD
STUDY GUIDE || COMPLETE TEST BANK || GRADED
A+
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER -- Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lithosphere
What is the water portion of the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER -Scientific
method
A body of existing knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER -Theory
A provisional explanation - CORRECT ANSWER -Hypothesis
A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter
and energy - CORRECT ANSWER -System
,Matter and energy can leave the system - CORRECT ANSWER -Open
system
The system is self-contained; matter and energy are preserved - CORRECT
ANSWER -Closed system
Whatever is inputted in to the system will either be used as storage or will be
outputted - CORRECT ANSWER -Budgets
Inputs are larger than outputs and storage increases - CORRECT ANSWER
-Positive budget
Outputs are larger than inputs and storage decreases - CORRECT
ANSWER -Negative budget
Inputs are equal to outputs and storage is constant - CORRECT ANSWER -
Balanced budget (equilibrium)
A fixed balance that is rarely changing - CORRECT ANSWER -Static
equilibrium
A balance that is constantly changing - CORRECT ANSWER -Dynamic
equilibrium
System response to a change in conditions or inputs that acts to influence that
initial change - CORRECT ANSWER -Feedbacks
System responses that result in positive increases - CORRECT ANSWER -
Positive feedbacks
, System responses that act to reduce environmental conditions and helps the
system maintain and preserve itself - CORRECT ANSWER -Negative
feedbacks
Parallels that use the equator as reference - CORRECT ANSWER -Latitude
Meridians that use Greenwich as a reference - CORRECT ANSWER -
Longitude
The innermost portion of the earth - CORRECT ANSWER -Core
The part of the earth that is very hot, under a lot of pressure, and contains solid
iron - CORRECT ANSWER -Inner core
The part of the earth that is hot, liquid iron - CORRECT ANSWER -Outer
core
The middle portion of the earth - CORRECT ANSWER -Mantle
The plastic layer of the mantle - CORRECT ANSWER -Asthenosphere
The rigid layer of the mantle - CORRECT ANSWER -Uppermost mantle
The outermost portion of the earth - CORRECT ANSWER -Crust
The mantle and crust makes up the ________ - CORRECT ANSWER -
Lithosphere
