[GPHY 102] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (45 pages long!)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GPHY 102
• Professor: Ryan K Danby

Document Summary

The study of the evolving earth surface. The features that de ne a place and the connections between places. Geography is split by human and physical. Physical focuses on factor and processes that are part of the human environment. Fig 1. 1 shows the areas human and physical geography covers short description of covered areas in textbook p. 6-7. Regional: is concerned with how the earths surface is differentiated into places. Systematic: investigating the processes that differentiate places in time and space. The art and science of map making is called cartography. Remote sensing uses planes to map the surface. Physical geography, the environment, and global climate change. Human and natural activity is shaping out planet. Describe how matter and energy move throughout locations over time. The sun is the main power source (radiant energy) It inputs and outputs energy and matter. Circulates through the biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere all closed systems. 2 important concepts associated with ow systems.