Elemental Geosystems – Essentials of Geography Chapter One H/W – Flashcards
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Satellite images are based on
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digital data that is stored electronically and then transmitted to Earth by radio waves.
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The change in the proportional size of features at high latitudes on a Mercator map occurs because
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meridians are stretched apart at high latitudes.
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Which of the following statements about Earth is correct?
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The equatorial circumference is 57 km (42 mi.) greater than the polar circumference.
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Which of the following best describes the current emphasis in the field of physical geography?
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understanding how Earth's systems interact to produce natural phenomena
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The essential approach in geographic studies is spatial analysis.
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True
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If you began a trip at 60 degrees west, 20 degrees north and traveled 120 degrees farther west and 50 degrees south, your new position would be
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the International Dateline at 30 degrees south latitude.
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Which of the following is false?
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New resources and matter are being added to Earth's systems all the time.
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The three inorganic Earth realms are the
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hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere.
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Positive feedback tends to amplify or encourage response in system operations.
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True
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GIS is being used to
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All of these are uses of GIS
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An angular distance measured north or south of the equator from the center of Earth is termed
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latitude.
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If it is 10:00 PM on July 3rd at 30 degrees west, what date and time is it at 15 degrees east?
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July 4th; 1:00 AM
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If you were standing at 20 degrees north latitude, you would be within which latitudinal geographic zone?
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tropical
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A map scale of 1:24,000 means that
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all of the above
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UTC refers to
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Coordinated Universal Time.
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A scale given as "one centimeter to one kilometer" is an example of a
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written scale.
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Geography is described as
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a spatial science
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A twelve-inch diameter globe has a smaller scale than a 33-inch globe.
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True
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The increase in meltponds in Arctic regions is an example of
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positive feedback, because the melt ponds absorb more solar energy than the ice did.
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The most extreme northern and southern parallels to experience perpendicular rays of the Sun at local noon are located at
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23.5 degrees north and south.
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Remote sensing is
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the monitoring of a distant object without physical contact.
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An angular distance measured east or west of a prime meridian from the center of Earth is termed
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longitude.
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Which of the following is an example of a system?
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All of these are examples of systems.
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A map scale of 1:24,000 is considered a small scale as compared to a scale of 1:20,900,000, which is considered a large scale.
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False
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Relative to the fundamental themes of geography proposed by the Association of American Geographers, latitude and longitude refer to
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location.
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On the Mercator projection, areas at high latitudes appear ________.
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larger than areas of the same size located nearer to the equator
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Any orderly system of parallels and meridians drawn on a flat surface is called a
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map projection.
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The basis for defining the length of a day is the fact that
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Earth rotates on its axis in 24 hours, it rotates 15 degrees of longitude per hour.
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Relative to the fundamental themes of geography proposed by the Association of American Geographers, communication and diffusion refer to
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movement
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Standard time zones
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are 15 degrees wide because Earth rotates through that distance in one hour.
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The word spatial refers to
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the nature and character of physical space.
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Which of the following is false regarding meridians?
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They are lines which run in an east-west direction.
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Which of the following most accurately characterizes the goal of geography?
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understanding why a place has unique characteristics
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The carbon dioxide that is being added to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels is an example of an ________ variable to the atmosphere and an ________ variable from the lithosphere.
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input; output
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Relative to the fundamental themes of geography, your home address is best described within which of the five themes?
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Location
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Which type of map scale would be appropriate to use if the map were to be enlarged by Xeroxing?
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graphic
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Global Positioning System (GPS) units
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are used for all of these.
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The day officially changes on Earth at the prime meridian.
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False
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A value for Earth's circumference was first calculated by
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Eratosthenes
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Geographers consider maps to be "tools."
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True
