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19 Cards in this Set
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What causes seasons?
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Tilt of the earth's axis.
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If the scale of a map is 1:10,000, how far is 10cm on the ground?
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10cm x 10,000 cm = 100,000 = 1km
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The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of what degress to the perpendicular?
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25.5 degrees
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Convectional precipitation is caused by what?
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Warm air rising
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Trees can tell us about past climate by what?
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Measuring the annual ring width.
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Which gas contributes most towards anthropogenic or enhanced greenhouse effect?
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Carbon dioxide
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T/F: Variation in environmental factors creates the diversity of habitates and communities.
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True
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Which of the following is a mechanism of physical weathering of Rock?
-Frost Shattering -Salt Crystal Growth -Exfoliation -Tree Roots |
All of the above.
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T/F: 18,000 years ago glaciers extended over much of North America, Europe, and Northern Asia.
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True
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T/F: Temperatures in equaltorial regiosn cary little daily or annually.
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True
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What is geography?
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Greek for earth description. Interdisciplinary studye. How things differ in the world. Physical geography and human geography. Character and organization of the earth's surface.
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What is physical geography?
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Earth Science.
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What are the fields of physical geography?
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Climatology
Geomorphology, Coastal and Marine Geography, Geography of soils, biogeography, water resources, Hazard assessment. |
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What are the tools of geography?
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Maps (GIS, Remote Sensing, Cartography), Mathematical Modeling, and Statistics.
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What is a model?
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a simplified, idealized representations of part of the real world. Includes GIS, Statistical models, dynamic climate models, and conceptual models.
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What are the 4 interacting spheres?
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Atmosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere.
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What are the components of geographic inquiry?
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1. Distribution of phenomena (Scale).
2. Characteristics of place (Pattern). 3. Change in 1&2 over time (process) |
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What is an open system?
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idk yet
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What are some hot topics studied by physical geographers?
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Biodiversity, global environmental change, globalization, extreme events.
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