GEOG 2050 Chapter : Geography 2050
Document Summary
Geography as an institution: started as it own class about 100 years ago. Lsu"s is 70 years old (3rd oldest: study of why things are the way they are, not just what is there. Human geography: spatial distributions of people and cultural ideas, values. Law of conservation: energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another, storage, budgets- if you cant create or destroy energy, than some will get put into storage during changes. Remaining . 1% orbited around that sun, which formed other material objects in the solar system. 4. 6 billion years ago, the planet earth had formed. Earth"s orbit i the key to receiving solar energy from the sun. Temperature variations- diurnal (light and dark) and latitude (closer to sun) Summer solstice- longest in the north, shortest in the back. Equinox- angle is perpendicular, equal 12 days throughout earth. Spring equinox summer solstice june 21 longest days autumnal equinox september 22.
