LSU GEOG 2051 Final Exam Study Guide |
Namikas Geography Comprehensive
Review|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE
2025/26
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? -CORRECTANSWER - Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Lithosphere
What is the water portion of the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge -CORRECTANSWER Scientific method
A body of existing knowledge -CORRECTANSWER Theory
A provisional explanation -CORRECTANSWER Hypothesis
,A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter and
energy -CORRECTANSWER System
Matter and energy can leave the system -CORRECTANSWER Open system
The system is self-contained; matter and energy are preserved -CORRECTANSWER
Closed system
Whatever is inputted in to the system will either be used as storage or will be outputted -
CORRECTANSWER Budgets
Inputs are larger than outputs and storage increases -CORRECTANSWER Positive
budget
Outputs are larger than inputs and storage decreases -CORRECTANSWER Negative
budget
Inputs are equal to outputs and storage is constant -CORRECTANSWER Balanced
budget (equilibrium)
A fixed balance that is rarely changing -CORRECTANSWER Static equilibrium
, A balance that is constantly changing -CORRECTANSWER Dynamic equilibrium
System response to a change in conditions or inputs that acts to influence that initial
change -CORRECTANSWER Feedbacks
System responses that result in positive increases -CORRECTANSWER Positive
feedbacks
System responses that act to reduce environmental conditions and helps the system
maintain and preserve itself -CORRECTANSWER Negative feedbacks
Parallels that use the equator as reference -CORRECTANSWER Latitude
Meridians that use Greenwich as a reference -CORRECTANSWER Longitude
The innermost portion of the earth -CORRECTANSWER Core
The part of the earth that is very hot, under a lot of pressure, and contains solid iron -
CORRECTANSWER Inner core
The part of the earth that is hot, liquid iron -CORRECTANSWER Outer core
The middle portion of the earth -CORRECTANSWER Mantle
Namikas Geography Comprehensive
Review|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE
2025/26
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? -CORRECTANSWER - Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Lithosphere
What is the water portion of the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? -CORRECTANSWER Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge -CORRECTANSWER Scientific method
A body of existing knowledge -CORRECTANSWER Theory
A provisional explanation -CORRECTANSWER Hypothesis
,A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter and
energy -CORRECTANSWER System
Matter and energy can leave the system -CORRECTANSWER Open system
The system is self-contained; matter and energy are preserved -CORRECTANSWER
Closed system
Whatever is inputted in to the system will either be used as storage or will be outputted -
CORRECTANSWER Budgets
Inputs are larger than outputs and storage increases -CORRECTANSWER Positive
budget
Outputs are larger than inputs and storage decreases -CORRECTANSWER Negative
budget
Inputs are equal to outputs and storage is constant -CORRECTANSWER Balanced
budget (equilibrium)
A fixed balance that is rarely changing -CORRECTANSWER Static equilibrium
, A balance that is constantly changing -CORRECTANSWER Dynamic equilibrium
System response to a change in conditions or inputs that acts to influence that initial
change -CORRECTANSWER Feedbacks
System responses that result in positive increases -CORRECTANSWER Positive
feedbacks
System responses that act to reduce environmental conditions and helps the system
maintain and preserve itself -CORRECTANSWER Negative feedbacks
Parallels that use the equator as reference -CORRECTANSWER Latitude
Meridians that use Greenwich as a reference -CORRECTANSWER Longitude
The innermost portion of the earth -CORRECTANSWER Core
The part of the earth that is very hot, under a lot of pressure, and contains solid iron -
CORRECTANSWER Inner core
The part of the earth that is hot, liquid iron -CORRECTANSWER Outer core
The middle portion of the earth -CORRECTANSWER Mantle
