GEG 111 Exam 1 Harper College Questions With Verified Answers.
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GEG 111
GEG 111 Exam 1 Harper College Questions
With Verified Answers.
What is Geography - answerThe study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants (living
things) and their spatial (locational) relationships and interactions.
Textbook: the science that studies the relationships among natura...
GEG 111 Exam 1 Harper College Questions
With Verified Answers.
What is Geography - answer✔The study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants (living
things) and their spatial (locational) relationships and interactions.
Textbook: the science that studies the relationships among natural
systems, geographic areas, and human society and culture, and the interdependence of all of
these.
5 traditional themes of Geographic Study - answer✔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.
3) Region: An area defined by uniform characteristics.
4) Movement: Interaction between places through migration, and/or diffusion.
5) Human-Earth Relationships: The two way relationship between society and the environment.
The 3 Primary asked questions in geographic inquiry - answer✔-WHERE? (Location)
- WHY THERE? describes or explains the processes that allow the object/subject of interest to
occur at a location
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE? The impact the object/subject has on other phenomena
connected to the location and vice versa.
Spatial Analysis - answer✔The examination of spatial interactions, patterns, and variations over
area and/or space.
Key Concepts of Spatial Analysis - answer✔1) Spatial Interaction: The interaction and
interdependence between geographic
areas or sites
2) Spatial Distribution: The arrangement of features in space
3) Regions: A region is an area of the Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics
Primary Steps of the Scientific Method - answer✔1) Observation
2) Hypothesis & Prediction
3) Experimentation and Measurement
4) Peer review
5) Scientific Theory and development
Closed System - answer✔A system that is self-contained and isolated from influences outside the
system. (energy can flow in and out)
Open System - answer✔A system that exchanges energy and matter with the surroundings
(energy and matter). (Glaciers)
Feedback - answer✔A change in a system caused by the system's output.
Positive Feedback - answer✔Changes in a system that are amplified by the system's output. Ex:
rise in atmospheric temperatures by the continual release of greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere.
Negative Feedback - answer✔A system's operations are reversed by the system's output.
Latitude - answer✔Angular displacement
from the equator
- North-south direction
- 0º-90º
- Also known as Parallels
Longitude - answer✔Angle east and west of the Prime Meridian
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