GEG 111 EXAM 1 HARPER COLLEGE LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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What is Geography - (answer) The study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants (living things)
and their spatial (locational) relationships and interactions.
Textbook: the science that studies the relationships among natural
systems, geographic areas, and human society and culture, and the interdependence of all of these.
5 traditional themes of Geographic Study - (answer) 1) Location: Absolute or relative position on Earth.
2) Place: The human and physical characteristics of a location. No two places are
exactly alike on Earth.
3) Region: An area defined by uniform characteristics.
4) Movement: Interaction between places through migration, and/or diffusion.
5) Human-Earth Relationships: The two way relationship between society and the environment.
The 3 Primary asked questions in geographic inquiry - (answer) -WHERE? (Location)
- WHY THERE? describes or explains the processes that allow the object/subject of interest to occur at a
location
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE? The impact the object/subject has on other phenomena connected to the
location and vice versa.
Spatial Analysis - (answer) The examination of spatial interactions, patterns, and variations over area
and/or space.
Key Concepts of Spatial Analysis - (answer) 1) Spatial Interaction: The interaction and
interdependence between geographic
areas or sites
2) Spatial Distribution: The arrangement of features in space
3) Regions: A region is an area of the Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics
Primary Steps of the Scientific Method - (answer) 1) Observation
, GEG 111 EXAM 1 HARPER COLLEGE LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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2) Hypothesis & Prediction
3) Experimentation and Measurement
4) Peer review
5) Scientific Theory and development
Closed System - (answer) A system that is self-contained and isolated from influences outside the
system. (energy can flow in and out)
Open System - (answer) A system that exchanges energy and matter with the surroundings (energy
and matter). (Glaciers)
Feedback - (answer) A change in a system caused by the system's output.
Positive Feedback - (answer) Changes in a system that are amplified by the system's output. Ex: rise in
atmospheric temperatures by the continual release of greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere.
Negative Feedback - (answer) A system's operations are reversed by the system's output.
4 primary environmental spheres - (answer) 1. Atmosphere—―air/gasses (abiotic)
2. Lithosphere—―stone/land (abiotic)
3. Hydrosphere—―water (abiotic)
4. Biosphere—―life
Latitude - (answer) Angular displacement
from the equator
- North-south direction
- 0º-90º
- Also known as Parallels
DETAILED ANSWERS
What is Geography - (answer) The study of Earth's features (land, water, air), inhabitants (living things)
and their spatial (locational) relationships and interactions.
Textbook: the science that studies the relationships among natural
systems, geographic areas, and human society and culture, and the interdependence of all of these.
5 traditional themes of Geographic Study - (answer) 1) Location: Absolute or relative position on Earth.
2) Place: The human and physical characteristics of a location. No two places are
exactly alike on Earth.
3) Region: An area defined by uniform characteristics.
4) Movement: Interaction between places through migration, and/or diffusion.
5) Human-Earth Relationships: The two way relationship between society and the environment.
The 3 Primary asked questions in geographic inquiry - (answer) -WHERE? (Location)
- WHY THERE? describes or explains the processes that allow the object/subject of interest to occur at a
location
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE? The impact the object/subject has on other phenomena connected to the
location and vice versa.
Spatial Analysis - (answer) The examination of spatial interactions, patterns, and variations over area
and/or space.
Key Concepts of Spatial Analysis - (answer) 1) Spatial Interaction: The interaction and
interdependence between geographic
areas or sites
2) Spatial Distribution: The arrangement of features in space
3) Regions: A region is an area of the Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics
Primary Steps of the Scientific Method - (answer) 1) Observation
, GEG 111 EXAM 1 HARPER COLLEGE LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
2) Hypothesis & Prediction
3) Experimentation and Measurement
4) Peer review
5) Scientific Theory and development
Closed System - (answer) A system that is self-contained and isolated from influences outside the
system. (energy can flow in and out)
Open System - (answer) A system that exchanges energy and matter with the surroundings (energy
and matter). (Glaciers)
Feedback - (answer) A change in a system caused by the system's output.
Positive Feedback - (answer) Changes in a system that are amplified by the system's output. Ex: rise in
atmospheric temperatures by the continual release of greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere.
Negative Feedback - (answer) A system's operations are reversed by the system's output.
4 primary environmental spheres - (answer) 1. Atmosphere—―air/gasses (abiotic)
2. Lithosphere—―stone/land (abiotic)
3. Hydrosphere—―water (abiotic)
4. Biosphere—―life
Latitude - (answer) Angular displacement
from the equator
- North-south direction
- 0º-90º
- Also known as Parallels
