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Geography 2051 (Namikas, LSU) - Exam 1 with 100- correct answers 2025 latest update.
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Geography 2051 (Namikas,LSU) - Exam 1 with 100%
correct answers 2025 latest
update
Geography - answer the study of spatial distribution of phenomena (of
earth's spatial surface)
Human Geography - answer study of people and cultures; might look at
cities,industry & cultural ideas (and how they're spread)
Physical Geography - answer study of the physical/natural components of
the environment
What are the four major spheres of he Earth system? - answer
atmosphere,hydrosphere,biosphere,lithosphere
Atmosphere - answer Earth's air portion;
climatology subdivision
Hydrosphere - answer Earth's water portion;
hydrology subdivision
Biosphere - answer earth's living portion;
biogeography subdivision
Lithosphere - answer Earth's solid portion;
Geomorphology Subdivision
,Theory - answer refers to generally accepted knowledge; well-tested &
supported by many experiments; always try to be a little skeptical
Hypothesis - answer educated guess; not tested very much or not tested
yet
Law - answer higher level of theory
Goal of scientific method - answer develop new knowledge about the
natural world
Steps of Scientific Method - answer 1. Pre-Existing Knowledge/Image of
Real world
2. Gap in knowledge/problem/question
3. Develop hypothesis
4. Testing/Evaluation/Analysis
System - answer group of objects & their attributes that are linked
together by flows of matter & energy
Open System - answer energy & matter are interrelated (entering &
leaving the system)
Closed System - answer no energy & matter leaving (no environment) &
cease functioning very quickly
Law of Conservation of Energy & Matter - answer energy/matter cannot
be created nor destroyed
Positive Budget - answer inputs>outputs
storage increases
Negative Budget - answer inputs<outputs
, storage decreases
Balanced Budge/Equilibrium - answer inputs equal outputs;
storage is balanced/constant
Static Equilibrium - answer fixed/unchanging equilibrium within
ecosystem
Dynamic Equilibrium - answer always changing based on surrounding
conditions
Lag Interval - answer time period between some change in environmental
conditions & the response of the ecosystem to that change
Feedback - answer system response to some change that acts to
influence that original change
Positive Feedback - answer enhances/encourages/increases the original
change
(snowball effect)
Negative Feedback - answer reduces/discourages/eliminates the original
change (helps to maintain equilibrium)
Map - answer Two-dimensional model of some portion of the Earth's
surface; useful for data storage & retrieval
1-Dimensional Data - answer represents geographic quantity of location;
where something is
Usually expressed by points
2-Dimensional Data - answer represents geographic quantity/elements of
pathways/networks
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