GEOG 2051 : Geography 2051 Exam 1 Study Guide
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Please bring a small scantron form and pencil. Introduction: geography (physical, human); four spheres (lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere); five themes (location, place, region, movement, human-earth). Methods & tools: scientific method (world image, theory, hypothesis, testing/falsification); Systems: system (open, closed), storage/budget (positive, negative), equilibrium (static, dynamic), feedbacks (positive, negative), lag time; maps (data types, scales, key/legend, etc. ), location (latitude, parallel, longitude, meridian), projections (distortion, families, standard line/point); Remote sensing (electromagnetic radiation, passive & active sensors, platforms, geostationary & polar orbits); geographic information systems (layers/ coverages, electronic maps). History/structure of the earth: planetesimal hypothesis; geologic time (precambrian, Phanerozoic, quaternary, pleistocene, holocene); dating (relative, superposition), (absolute, dendrochronology, radiometric, isotope, half-life); uniformitarianism, catastrophism; layers (core (inner, outer), mantle, asthenosphere, uppermost mantle, crust, lithosphere, temperature/density trends). Earth materials: element, mineral, rock; common elements; rock cycle, lithification, weathering, metamorphosis; sedimentary rocks (clastic, grain size, sandstone etc.
