PSYC 2300 Chapter : Chap 2
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Lecture one: textbook definition: the science that studies the interdependence and. The following are all examples of a temporal component: a spatial science, spatial similarities, spatial variations. Spatial similarities and spatial variations: can change over time. Geography is divided into physical geography and human geography: there is also an interaction between the two, natural disasters and making people move (physical to human, humans causing climate change (human to physical) The earth: we divide into the northern and southern hemispheres, divided by the equator, we divide into the eastern and western hemispheres. Great circle: divided by the prime meridian, results from cutting a sphere into two equal halves (doesn"t have to be along the equator or the prime meridian) Great circle route: only part of a great circle, a great circle route is the greatest distance between any two points on a sphere. Small circle: results from cutting a sphere into two unequal halves.
