GEG 111 Exam 1 Questions With Verified
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Reflection - 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
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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.