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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What is Cartography?

A

The making or designing of maps

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2
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Where is the Dead Sea?

A

Jordan, Israel

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3
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Where is Mt. Everest?

A

In the Himalaya Mtn Range, between Nepal and China

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4
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How many continents are there?

A

7 - Africa, N.A. South America, Australia, Antarctica, Eurasia

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5
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What is map scale?

A

relationship between distance on a map and distance on the ground

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6
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What is Latitude?

A

Horizontal Lines, East/West

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7
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What is Longitude?

A

Vertical Lines, North/South

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8
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List the Geographers

A

Herodotus, Aristotle, Eratosthenesis, Ptolemy

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9
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Latitude and Longitude on of UNI

A

42 N, 92 W

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10
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What is 23.5 N?

A

Tropic of Cancer

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11
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What 23.5 S?

A

Tropic of Capricorn

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12
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What is at 66.5 N?

A

Arctic Circle

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13
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What is at 66.5 S?

A

Antarctic Circle

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14
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What are the spheres of the Earth?

A

Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithospshere
Cryrosphere
Biosphere

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15
Q

What is electromagnetic energy?

A

Radiant Energy that travels in waves

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16
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What is wavelength

A

The distance between crests

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17
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What waves make up the solar system

A

Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infared

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18
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What are the most frequent waves ammited by the Earth and Sun

A

Earth - Longwave
Sun - Shortwave

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19
Q

4 Important Dates

A

December 21st
June 21st
September 21st
March 21st

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20
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What is Aphelion/Perihelion

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Aphelion: Earth is fathers away
Perhilion: Earth closest to the sun

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21
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What is Insolation?

A

Amount of solar radiation earth receives

22
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What happens to 100 units of solar radiation as is passes through earths atmosphere?

A

40% absorbed by ground
20% absorbed by atmosphere
Rest to ground

23
Q

What is Long Wave radiation?

A

When Earth absorbs energy and emits it

24
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What is Short Wave radiation?

A

Radiant Energy from the sun

25
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What is Counter Radiation?

A

Radiation from atmosphere to Earth

26
Q

What form of Energy is most responsible for heating the Earth

A

Solar Radiation

27
Q

What is Latent/Sensible heat?

A

Latent: Stored or released from water
Sensible: Heat you can touch

28
Q

Why is water vapor important to the energy balance?

A

Its responsible for about half of earths energy greenhouse gases

29
Q

List the constant gases found in Earths Atmosphere?

A

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon

30
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List the Variable Gases

A

Carbon Dioxide, Methane

31
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What is Ozone, where is it found?

A

Odorless gas made up of 3 oxygen molecules and is natural part of the environment
found in the stratosphere

32
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Latitudinaly, where is there a surplus and deficit of radiation

A

Surplus: Tropics
Deficit: High Latitude Areas

33
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What is specific Heat? How does it differ between land and water?

A

Specific Heat is an exact number
Specific heat of water is greater then dry soil

34
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What is Albedo?

A

Reflectivity of Earth

35
Q

What is Atmospheric Pressure?

A

The Pressure exerted by the atmosphere

36
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How is it measured?

A

With a barometer

37
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How does it change vertically?

A

Air pressure decreases with increasing height

38
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How does it change Horizontally?

A

Wind speed

39
Q

Where might we see 950mb of air pressure?

A

High Altitude locations

40
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What is Pressure Gradient Force?

A

Change in atmosphere pressure

41
Q

What is the Coriolis Effect?

A

moving objects not attached to Earths surface

42
Q

What is geostrophic wind?

A

Wind parallel to the isobars

43
Q

Describe a cyclone

A

Counterclockwise wind spirals

44
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Describe a Anticyclone

A

Clockwise wind spirals

45
Q

What causes air to rise from the Earth?

A

Heat from sunlight
Convection

46
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What causes air to sink towards the earth?

A

Gravity, Cooler Temps

47
Q

What is Hadley Cell?

A

Low lat. circulations that have air rising at the equator and sinking at roughly 30 degress

48
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What are trade winds?

A

Winds that blow east to west just above or below the equator

49
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What are Westerlies

A

Strong, powerful winds

50
Q

What are doldrums?

A

Winds that help ships travel faster

51
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What are horse latitudes?

A

A belt of calm air and sea occuring in both the northern and southern hemispheres

52
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What is the ITCZ?

A

Trade winds near the equator.

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