1.2-1.4 Flashcards

1
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The way a phenomenon is spread out over a specific area

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Distribution

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2
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When phenomena are arranged in a group or a concentrated area such as restaurants in a food court at the mall or clusters of cities along the border of USA and mexico

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Clustered distribution

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3
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When phenomena are arranged in a straight line, such as distribution of towns along a railroad line

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Linear distribution

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4
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When phenomena are spread out over a large area, such as the distribution of large malls in a city

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Dispersed distribution

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5
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When phenomena are equally spaced from the central point, such as the division of homes of people who’s shop in a specific area

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Circular distribution

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6
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When phenomena are in a regular arrangement, such as the squares or blocks formed by roads in the midwest

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Geometric distribution

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7
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When phenomena appear to have no order to their position, such as the distribution of pet owners in a city

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Random distribution

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8
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The task of defining and describing a landscape

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Landscape analysis

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9
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The act of physically visiting a location

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Field observation

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10
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Information that can be tied to a specific place

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Spatial data

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11
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Gathering information from satellites that orbit the earth or other crafts above the atmosphere

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Remote sensing

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12
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Professional images captured by planes within the atmosphere

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Aerie photography

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13
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Observing or recording information on field/at the location

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Fieldwork

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14
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A 2d or 3d map that allows people to skillfully zoom in or out to see data I’m ways that were previously impossible

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Geovisualizations

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15
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A system that determines the precise position of something on earth through a series of satellite tracking stations and receivers

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GPS

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16
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Integrated computer programs for handling and analyzing data that is specifically referenced to earth’s surface

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GIS

17
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An approach that considers the arrangement of a phenomenon being studied across earth

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Spatial approach

18
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The area between two or more things

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Space

19
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Where specific phenomena are located either on a grid system or relative to somewhere else

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Location

20
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The specific human and physical characteristics of a location

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Place

21
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A group of places in the same area that share a characteristic

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Region

22
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The characteristics at the immediate location

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Site

23
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The location of a place relative to its surroundings and its connectivity to other places

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Situation

24
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How humans perceive a place in different ways based on their personal beliefs

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Sense of place

25
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The shrinking of “time distance” improved methods of transportation and communication

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Time space compression

26
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The contact, movement, or flow of things between locations

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Spatial interaction

27
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The patterns and movements of ideas,people,products, and other phenomena

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Flow

28
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The idea that when things are further apart they tend to be less connected

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Friction of distance

29
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The general arrangement of things being studied

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Patterns

30
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The way a phenomena is spread out, or arranged over an area to describe patterns

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Distribution

31
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Matching patterns of distribution

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Spatial association