GEOG 1290 Chapter Notes - Chapter Unit 1 : Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Photosynthesis
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Earth systems operate is the measure on of spatial. Scale is the largest ( 10,0008 of km ) Process operates at or the time it takes for us to examine it. Capacity power to do work with the help of a force . Radiant energy - electromagnetic radiation it is now energy is transported from sun. Matter is any material that has a mass & occupies a space. Matter is measured by the number of atoms in an object. Gas expands freely and can fill any space. A system is an ordered interrelated sets of materials it "s attributes is linked by flows of energy or matter. Can be either matter or energy that moves from one. 1) input: output matter or energy must flow into system . System : power source system must be driven by something , Powered by energy of son : pathways - the way energy flows in & out of system it must be interconnected.