GEOG 2050 : Geography Test 1
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What is geography? (geo: earth graphein: to write: a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical biological and cultural features of earth"s surface. 5 themes of geography: location, place, region, movement, human-earth relationships. Study the components of: atmosphere-- climatology and meteorology. Geographers utilize spatial analysis tools to ring together topics from many different fields. The idea is to create an integrated whole-earth concept. Geographers analyze the difference and similarities among those 5 spatial themes. Types of systems: open- materials, energy or information is exchanged between parts of system and external sources. (most, closed- systems are self-contained (e. g, biosphere 2, a submarine) although few remain so indefinitely. A closed system often runs out of resources as there is no exchange with an outside source. Feedback loops- a circular process caused when a systems output serves as an input to that same system. - output acts as input that moves the system in the opposite direction.
