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GEG 111 EXAM 1 HARPER COLLEGE LATEST ACTUAL EXAMReflection - ANSWER: The portion of arriving insolation that is returned directly to
space without being absorbed and converted into heat and without doing any work.
Geography - ANSWER: the study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants
(living things) and their spatial (locational) relationships and interactions.
Physical Geography - ANSWER: Studies the distribution, interactions and processes
related
to natural phenomena (landforms, atmosphere, soils, water, vegetation,
and animals)
Human Geography - ANSWER: Studies patterns and processes that shape societies
and how
they are distributed. These include the cultural, economic, and political
aspects of the human experience.
Location - ANSWER: Absolute or relative position on Earth. E.g. Mt. Cook is in New
Zealand
(relative location) at 43° 35' S, 170° 8'E (absolute)
Place - ANSWER: The human and physical characteristics of a location. No two places
are
exactly alike on Earth.
Region - ANSWER: An area defined by uniform characteristics.
Movement - ANSWER: Interaction between places through migration, and/or
diffusion.
Human-Earth Relationships - ANSWER: The two way relationship between society
and the environment.
Where? (Geographic Enquiry) - ANSWER: identifies the location on the earth's
surface where an
object or subject of interest can be found.
Why there? (Geographic Enquiry) - ANSWER: describes or explains the processes
(natural or
human) that allow the object/subject of interest to occur at at a
particular location.
What is the significance? (Geographic Enquiry) - ANSWER: The impact the
object/subject
has on other phenomena connected to the location and vice versa.
, e.g. the risk posed by an active volcano to nearby human
settlements and structures.
Spatial - ANSWER: refers to the nature and character of physical space. From a
geographer's perspective spatial generally refers to the Earth's surface.
Spatial Interaction - ANSWER: The interaction and
interdependence between geographic
areas or sites.
Spatial Distributions - ANSWER: The arrangement of features in space.
Scientific Process - ANSWER: 1. Observation
2. Hypothesis and Prediction
3. Experimentation and Measurement
4. Peer Review
5. Scientific Theory Development
System - ANSWER: collection of objects and processes connected to
each other and operating as a whole.
Open System - ANSWER: A system that exchanges energy and matter
with the surroundings.
Closed System - ANSWER: A system that is self-contained and isolated
from influences outside the system - especially with regard to
matter. Energy may enter and exit the system.
Atmosphere - ANSWER: The thin veil of gases surrounding Earth, which forms a
protective boundary between outer space and the biosphere.
Lithiosphere - ANSWER: Earth's crust and that portion of the uppermost mantle
directly below the crust.
Hydrosphere - ANSWER: An abiotic open system that includes all of the Earth's
water.
Biosphere - ANSWER: That area where the atmosphere, lithosphere, and the
hydrosphere function together to form the context within which life exists.
Map Scale - ANSWER: the relationship between the length measured
on a map and the actual distance that length represents on
Earth.
Map Projection - ANSWER: A systematic
representation of all or
part of the threedimensional
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