GEG 111 Exam 1 Harper College
Terms in this set (60)
The study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants
(living things) and their spatial (locational) relationships
and interactions.
What is Geography
Textbook: the science that studies the relationships
among natural
systems, geographic areas, and human society and
culture, and the interdependence of all of these.
1) Location: Absolute or relative position on Earth.
2) Place: The human and physical characteristics of a
location. No two places are
exactly alike on Earth.
5 traditional themes of
3) Region: An area defined by uniform characteristics.
Geographic Study
4) Movement: Interaction between places through
migration, and/or diffusion.
5) Human-Earth Relationships: The two way relationship
between society and the environment.
-WHERE? (Location)
- WHY THERE? describes or explains the processes that
The 3 Primary asked
allow the object/subject of interest to occur at a location
questions in geographic
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE? The impact the
inquiry
object/subject has on other phenomena connected to
the location and vice versa.
The examination of spatial interactions, patterns, and
Spatial Analysis
variations over area and/or space.
, 1) Spatial Interaction: The interaction and
interdependence between geographic
areas or sites
Key Concepts of Spatial
2) Spatial Distribution: The arrangement of features in
Analysis
space
3) Regions: A region is an area of the Earth defined by
one or more distinctive characteristics
1) Observation
2) Hypothesis & Prediction
Primary Steps of the
3) Experimentation and Measurement
Scientific Method
4) Peer review
5) Scientific Theory and development
A system that is self-contained and isolated from
Closed System influences outside the system. (energy can flow in and
out)
A system that exchanges energy and matter with the
Open System
surroundings (energy and matter). (Glaciers)
Feedback A change in a system caused by the system's output.
Changes in a system that are amplified by the system's
output. Ex: rise in atmospheric temperatures by the
Positive Feedback
continual release of greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere.
A system's operations are reversed by the system's
Negative Feedback
output.
1. Atmosphere—―air/gasses (abiotic)
4 primary environmental 2. Lithosphere—―stone/land (abiotic)
spheres 3. Hydrosphere—―water (abiotic)
4. Biosphere—―life
Angular displacement
from the equator
Latitude - North-south direction
- 0º-90º
- Also known as Parallels
Terms in this set (60)
The study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants
(living things) and their spatial (locational) relationships
and interactions.
What is Geography
Textbook: the science that studies the relationships
among natural
systems, geographic areas, and human society and
culture, and the interdependence of all of these.
1) Location: Absolute or relative position on Earth.
2) Place: The human and physical characteristics of a
location. No two places are
exactly alike on Earth.
5 traditional themes of
3) Region: An area defined by uniform characteristics.
Geographic Study
4) Movement: Interaction between places through
migration, and/or diffusion.
5) Human-Earth Relationships: The two way relationship
between society and the environment.
-WHERE? (Location)
- WHY THERE? describes or explains the processes that
The 3 Primary asked
allow the object/subject of interest to occur at a location
questions in geographic
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE? The impact the
inquiry
object/subject has on other phenomena connected to
the location and vice versa.
The examination of spatial interactions, patterns, and
Spatial Analysis
variations over area and/or space.
, 1) Spatial Interaction: The interaction and
interdependence between geographic
areas or sites
Key Concepts of Spatial
2) Spatial Distribution: The arrangement of features in
Analysis
space
3) Regions: A region is an area of the Earth defined by
one or more distinctive characteristics
1) Observation
2) Hypothesis & Prediction
Primary Steps of the
3) Experimentation and Measurement
Scientific Method
4) Peer review
5) Scientific Theory and development
A system that is self-contained and isolated from
Closed System influences outside the system. (energy can flow in and
out)
A system that exchanges energy and matter with the
Open System
surroundings (energy and matter). (Glaciers)
Feedback A change in a system caused by the system's output.
Changes in a system that are amplified by the system's
output. Ex: rise in atmospheric temperatures by the
Positive Feedback
continual release of greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere.
A system's operations are reversed by the system's
Negative Feedback
output.
1. Atmosphere—―air/gasses (abiotic)
4 primary environmental 2. Lithosphere—―stone/land (abiotic)
spheres 3. Hydrosphere—―water (abiotic)
4. Biosphere—―life
Angular displacement
from the equator
Latitude - North-south direction
- 0º-90º
- Also known as Parallels
