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Physical Geography Notes
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- GEOG 1100
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- Ohio University
Ohio University GEOG 1100 Notes for exams and first semester.
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50 questions (there's a curve)20 t/f
20 multiple choice
GIS methods
The name of the person to directly frame geography
Emmanuel Kant
Systematic & regional approaches
This class is systematic
Realms in physical geography
Hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, etc.
Who wrote the essay on the principle of population?
Malthus
Resources
2 major types: renewable & nonrenewable
Renewable are flow Ex: water
Nonrenewable are fund Ex: fossil fuels
Natural hazards
Hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, earthquakes, drought, etc.
Arithmetic vs. physiological density
Human population to arable land-physiological
Arithmetic-population to area
Population trends
World's population is 8 billion
Population to live within 93 miles of coastal land--44%
Only 10% of land is arable
Rate of natural increase
Percentage of natural increase, worldwide it's 1.2%
China has the largest pop., 1.4 billion, India is really close and will probably surpass China
Earth's circumference
24,900 miles approximately
First person to accurately calculate the circumference of the Earth: Eratosthenes
Map scales
Question related to large and small scale maps
1:1,000 compared to 1:10,000 (which is bigger)
Longitude vs. latitude
Latitude-0-90, associated with parallels and meridians
Longitutde-180E-180W
Prime Meridian
Earth's tilt: 23 1/2 degrees
Tropic of cancer vs. tropic of Capricorn (southern)
Map projections
Recognize 3 major categories: cylindrical, plane, and conical
Rays
Gamma rays, UV, etc.
What we see with our eyes? .4 to .7
Satellites
LANDSAT-launched in 1972 and the last one (LANDSAT 9) was in Sept. 2021
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