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Geography - Answer-the study of the Earth as the home of Humankind. It provides a broad place-centered perspective on the transformation of environments by society and nature at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. The Scientific Method - Answer-- Observe phenomena - Formulate a h...

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Geography - Answer-the study of the Earth as the home of Humankind. It provides a
broad place-centered perspective on the transformation of environments by society and
nature at a variety of scales, from the local to the global.

The Scientific Method - Answer-- Observe phenomena
- Formulate a hypothesis
- Design an experiment
- Predict the outcome of the experiment
- Conduct the experiment
- Draw conclusions

Scientific "proof" - Answer-You can't every "prove" things, only disprove them

Four primary spheres - Answer-atmosphere—"air"
lithosphere—"stone"
hydrosphere—"water"
biosphere—"life"

atmosphere - Answer-—"air"

lithosphere - Answer-—"stone"

hydrosphere - Answer-—"water"

biosphere - Answer-—"life"

Solar System Formation - Answer-Formed 4.5 to 5 billion years ago
- 8 planets revolve around the Sun
- 4 terrestrial planets
- 4 gas giants
- Earth is the third planet

4 terrestrial planets - Answer-Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

4 gas giants - Answer-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Maximum relief - Answer-distance between the highest point and the lowest
- mt. everest 8850 meters + mariana trench 11,033 meters = 19883 meters

Equatorial diameter - Answer-~ 12,756 km

, Polar diameter - Answer-~ 12,714 km

Circumference of Earth - Answer-~ 40,000 km

Great Circles - Answer-- Circles which bisect a sphere and pass through the sphere's
center
- Identify the shortest distance between two points on a sphere—great circle distance

Small circles - Answer-circles that do not bisect the earth (sphere)

Latitudes - Answer-- Parallels
- 7 important latitudes:
- Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn (23.5° N and S)
- Equator (0°)
- Poles (90° N and S)
- Arctic and Antarctic Circles (66.5° N and S)
- Latitude zones

Low latitude - Answer-generally between the equator and 30 n and s

Mid latitude - Answer-between about 30 and 60 n and s

high latitude - Answer-great than 60 n and s

equatorial - Answer-within a few degrees of the equator

tropical - Answer-with the tropics (23.5 n and s)

sub tropical - Answer-slightly poleward of the tropics about 25-30 n and s

polar - Answer-within a few degrees of the n or s pole

Tropic of Cancer - Answer-23.5° N

Tropic of Capricorn - Answer-23.5° S

Equator - Answer-0°

Poles - Answer-90° N and S

Arctic and Antarctic Circles - Answer-66.5° N and S

Longitudes - Answer-- Meridians
- Prime Meridian (0° longitude) located at Greenwich, England
- Converge at the poles

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