GEOG 2051 : GEOG Test 1 Review
Document Summary
Geography; four spheres (lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere); five themes (location, place, region, movement, human-earth). 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, types/families, standard line/point); remote sensing (electromagnetic spectrum, passive & active sensors, platforms, satellites, geostationary & polar orbits); geographic information systems (layers/ coverages, electronic maps). Planetesimal hypothesis; geologic time (precambrian, phanerozoic, quaternary, pleistocene, Holocene); dating (relative, superposition), (absolute, radiometric, isotope, half-life); uniformitarianism, catastrophism; layers (core (inner, outer), mantle, asthenosphere, uppermost mantle, crust, lithosphere, temperature/density trends). Element, mineral, rock; common elements; rock cycle, lithification, weathering, metamorphosis; Igneous (intrusive/extrusive, cooling rates and grain size, mafic & felsic magma, granite, basalt, intrusive formations (pluton, batholith, laccolith, sill, dike)); sedimentary (clastic, grain size, sandstone etc. ; chemical, evaporation, precipitation, salt, limestone; organic, coal, limestone);
