Lecture Notes for Mar 5, 2009

Geography 104 with Faulkner/jol/running at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

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By: Amelia Lumsden
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Rand McNally Goode's World Atlas 21st Edition
Created: 2009-03-05
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EARTH SYSTEMS
(3 answers)

Global Scale
Interconnected (refer to drawing)
Codependent

Other places to store water:
(4 answers)

GROUND WATER
SURFACE WATER
BIOSPHERE
PEDOSPHERE

CYCLES
(1 answer)

interconnections between systems lead to cycles

patterns reflected in Natural Regions
(4 answers)

WHAT (description)
WHERE (map)
WHY (controls and processes)
CORE & PERIPHERIES

GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH
(1 answer)

big themes in Physical Geography

WATER
(7 answers)

WHAT IS IT?
UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF WATER
COMMON IN ALL THREE PHASES OF MATTER
LATENT HEAT EXCHANGE WITH PHASE CHANGES
HIGH SPECIFIC HEAT
UNIVERSAL SOLVENT
CHEMICAL CATALYST

UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF WATER
(1 answer)

dipolar (weak charge imbalance)

Example of how it works:
(2 answers)

QUESTIONS:
ANSWERS:

CYLCES OF MATTER AND ENERGY
(5 answers)

Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Pedosphere

BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE PROPERTIES...
(5 answers)

It's essential to life
#1 geomorphic (Earth-formation) on Earth
Major control on the Earth-Sun Energy Balance
Major control on weather and climate
Huge role in all Natural Regions (diagram next page)

HOW DO WE INVESTIGATE SOMETHING SO BIG AND COMPLEX?
(2 answers)

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH

PEDOSPHERE
(1 answer)

soils

big themes in science:
(8 answers)

SYSTEMS
ENERGY
MATTER
FLUXES (movement, flow)
INTERCONNECTIONS
CYCLES
PATTERNS
CHANGE OVER TIME

BUT BEFORE WE DO...
(1 answer)

WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?

BIOSPHERE
(1 answer)

plants and animals

SPACIAL PATTERNS
(5 answers)

Geographers look for spatial patterns.
NOTHING IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS EARTH'S SURFACE.
Map it to understand it
Example of how it works:
Other places to store water:

dipolar (weak charge imbalance)
(3 answers)

Adhesive
Cohesive
Cappilarity

ANSWERS:
(2 answers)

evaporation (from ocean)
rain (to land --> rivers)

NOTHING IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS EARTH'S SURFACE.
(3 answers)

WHAT is it?
WHERE is it?
WHY is it where it is?

REGIONS WE'LL EXPLORE
(3 answers)

climate regions
biomes (communities)
soil regions

rain (to land --> rivers)
(1 answer)

=HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE

INTERCONNECTIONS
(1 answer)

Open Systems

interconnections between systems lead to cycles
(3 answers)

inputs from other systems
storage facilities in other systems
output matter and energy to other systems

WHAT IS IT?
(1 answer)

it is a compound (H2O)

Global ScaleInterconnected (refer to drawing)Codependent
(3 answers)

INTERCONNECTIONS
CYCLES
NATURAL REGIONS: "an area homogeneous with respect to defined criteria"

storage facilities in other systems
(1 answer)

store and/or transform

big themes in Physical Geography
(4 answers)

EARTH SYSTEMS
INTERCONNECTIONS
CYLCES OF MATTER AND ENERGY
PATTERNS (natural regions)

WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
(1 answer)

WATER AND THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
(1 answer)

big themes in science:

inputs from other systems
(1 answer)

receives

SURFACE WATER
(1 answer)

rivers, lakes, glaciers, oceans, ponds, streams...

GROUND WATER
(1 answer)

lithosphere

QUESTIONS:
(2 answers)

Why do rivers never cease flowing to the sea?
If they never cease flowing to the sea, why doesn't the ocean keep on rising?

therefore, interconnected
(3 answers)

inputs
outputs
storage

output matter and energy to other systems
(1 answer)

transmit

Open Systems
(1 answer)

therefore, interconnected

Cycles yield spatial patterns
(1 answer)

patterns reflected in Natural Regions

About this deck

By: Amelia Lumsden
Textbook:

Discovering Physical Geography

Rand McNally Goode's World Atlas 21st Edition
Created: 2009-03-05
Size: 37 flashcards
Views: 6

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