GEOG 2050 : Test One
Document Summary
Why is geography useful: what is where, curiosity. New geography: why are things the way they are, human/physical geography. Four spheres of geography: they overlap for management and planning; very influential to one another lithosphere land, atmosphere, area of gases that surround the earth, hydrosphere, waters of the earth, biosphere living organisms of the earth. Scientific method: method for generating knowledge to resolve a problem image of the real world gap in knowledge/problem formulate hypothesis hypothesis testing accept new knowledge/theory or reject, can never prove truth. Inputs are greater than the outputs which makes an increase in storage: budgets, positive input is greater than the output, negative, output is greater than the input. Feedbacks: a system"s output serves as input to that same system: positive: acts to increase/enhance the change, negative: acts to reduce/dampen the change, dampens, reduce, eliminate the change.
