Intro to geography Flashcards
What is geography?
Social/physical science, spatial and earth description
What is an example of what a physical geographer studies?
Plants and animals
What is not a componet of the scientific method?
Proving a hypothesis
Which unit of measurement is apart of the international system of measurement?
Kilometers
Which environmental sphere includes all of life on earth?
Biosphere
Which environmental sphere includes inorganic materials?
Lithosphere
Which term describes a connected collection of things and processes as a whole?
Systems
Which term describes the process that occurs as arctic ice melts which then leads to more warmth?
Positive feedback
In the solar system, what is earths order away from the sun?
Third
What is not one of the reference features that the grid is based on?
Prime meridian
What is an example of a great circle?
Equator
What is not a line of latitude?
Interanational date line
Which location would have the shortest distance between meridians?
North Pole
Which of the following is not a result of the rotation of earth?
365 day year
What is the plane of earth’s orbit known as?
Plane of the elliptic
Which location experiences 24 hours of darkness at the winter solstice ?
Arctic circle
How many hours of day light will Texas have during the march equinox ?
12
Which feature of the geographic grid is the basis for time zones?
Prime meridian
If it is 8 am UTC what time is it in NY?
3 am
A cross section of the earth would be what shape?
Ellipse
