GEOG 101 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Solar Irradiance, Water Vapor, Troposphere
12 Oct 2018
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GEOG 101
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
1/29/18
Geography
Lecture Notes
The Nature of Physical Geography
Science of geography
➢ Geography-word
o Geo→ refers to earth
o Graphy→ means picture or writing
o Geography→ description or writing about the earth
➢ Geography – study
o A study of natural and human phenomena relative to space
o Ay osideratio of tie?
o A study of humans, environments, and their relationships from a spatial
perspective
What is Physical Geography
➢ 2 major sub-disciplines
➢ physical geography
o focuses on physical environment
o study of the earths living and nonliving systems
o study of landscapes and natural processes such as weather, climate, and geology
o the study of spatial distributions of phenomena across the landscape, processes
that created and changed those distributions, and implications for those
distributions on people.
➢ human geography
o focuses on human activities
o study of spatial interactions and patterns related to human activity such as
social, cultural, and economic topics
2 major divisions( another way to classify)
➢ regional geography
o each focuses on a geographic unit (region or area) defined by physical or political
boundaries
➢ Systems geography
o Eah fouses o a earth’s susyste defied y a set of related topis or issues
3 groups of geographers→ what is studied
➢ Geographic techniques
➢ Physical geography
➢ Human geography
3 perspectives
➢ Earth science perspective
➢ Environmental science perspective
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➢ Spatial science perspective
4 subsystems or Spheres **on test
➢ Costat iteratios of eergy ad aterial etwee the Earth’s four major systems
(spheres):
o Atmosphere
o Hydrosphere
o Lithosphere
o biosphere
➢ A dynamic system refers to a system in which matter, energy, or both are constantly
changing their position, amounts or form.
How do Earth’s system operate?
Theory of systems:
➢ Multiple parts
➢ All connected*
➢ Dynamic flows
o Matter
o Energy
o Information
➢ Whole is greater than the sum of parts*
4 traditions (William pattison)
➢ Spatial tradition→ spatial science perspective
o Investigation of phenomena of geography from strictly spatial perspective
➢ Area studies tradition→regional
o Geographical study of an area on the earth at either the local, regional, or global
scale
➢ Human land tradition→ environmental science
o Geographical study of human interaction with the environment
➢ Earth science tradition→ physical science
o Study of natural phenomena from a spatial perspective, which is best described
as theoretical physical geography
5 Essential Themes **exam
➢ Location
o Relative location→ what is near
o Absolute location→ longitude and lattitude
➢ Place
o Physical characteristics→ small, hilly, temperature, etc.
o Human characteristics→ educated, uneducated, farmers
➢ Region
o Areas with social characteristics→ 4 hemispheres, money, religion, language,
etc.
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Document Summary
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