GEOG 1112 Lecture 1: Chapter 1
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Chapter 1: essentials of geography: a set of actions and changes that occur in some special order. Scale: the ratio of the distance on a map to that in the real world. Systems: any ordered, interrelated set of materials or items existing separate from the environment or within a boundary; energy transformations and energy and matter storage and retrieval occur within a system. Local scale: damaged restaurant in las manzanillos, jalisco state, mexico. System: any ordered, interrelated set of things and their attributes, linked by flows of energy and matter. Open system: a system with inputs of energy or matter and outputs of energy or matter. Closed system: shut off from the surrounding environment so that it is self-contained. Earth is an open system in terms of energy. Earth is a closed system in terms of physical matter and resources. Radiant energy travels from sun to earth in waves.
