UCA Earth Systems Science exam 1 (flatley) QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
geography - ✔✔The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at
individual places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger
spaces physical geography - ✔✔studies the characteristics of the physical environment
human geography - ✔✔studies human groups and their activities revolution - ✔✔elliptical
orbit around the sun; completes one every 365.25 days rotation - ✔✔The spinning of Earth
on its axis; rotates eastward about its N/S axis; completes every 24 hours; axis inclined at
23.5° circle of illumination - ✔✔the zone of transition between light and dark around a
sphere Sun's declination - ✔✔the latitude receiving the vertical rays of the sun June
solstice (summer solstice) - ✔✔June 21st; sun directly overhead at the Tropic of
Cancer(23.5°N); 24 hours of sunlight above arctic circle(66.5°N) December solstice (winter
solstice) - ✔✔December 21st; sun directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S); 24
hours of sunlight below Antarctic Circle (66.5°S) Equinoxes - ✔✔March 20th (March
Equinox), September 22nd (September Equinox); Sun directly overhead at the equator;
equal illumination across all latitudes; 12 hours of sunlight everywhere insolation -
✔✔incoming solar radiation; depends on duration and directness of radiation LiDAR -
✔✔Light Detection and Ranging; a remote sensing technology that measures distance by
illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light latitude - ✔✔parallels to
the equator; runs North and South; 1°=69 miles and 60 minutes longitude - ✔✔ meridians -
✔✔runs East and West Key lines of latitude - ✔✔90°N/S=poles 66.5°N=Arctic Circle
23.5°N=Tropic of Cancer 0°=equator 23.5°S=Tropic of Capricorn 66.5°=Antarctic Circle
maps - ✔✔2D representation of some portion of the earth's surface conic projection - ✔✔a
map projection that is made by moving the surface features of the globe onto a cone
cylindrical projection - ✔✔a map created by projecting Earth's image onto a cylinder plane
projection - ✔✔an imaginary flat plane upon which the image created by the lines of sight
is projected interrupted projection - ✔✔compromise map projection, Robinson Projection;
balances reasonably accurate shapes with reasonably accurate areas graphic scale - ✔✔a
bar line marked to show distance on Earth's surface verbal scale - ✔✔description of scale
using words "one inch equal four miles" fractional scale - ✔✔numerical ratio 1:24,000
large scale - ✔✔shows a small area; great detail small scale - ✔✔shows a large area; little
detail isolines - ✔✔lines on a map connecting areas of equal value isotherm - ✔✔equal
temperature isobar - ✔✔equal atmospheric pressure isohyet - ✔✔equal rainfall gradient -
✔✔change/distance low gradient=light winds high gradient=strong winds Geographic
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
geography - ✔✔The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at
individual places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger
spaces physical geography - ✔✔studies the characteristics of the physical environment
human geography - ✔✔studies human groups and their activities revolution - ✔✔elliptical
orbit around the sun; completes one every 365.25 days rotation - ✔✔The spinning of Earth
on its axis; rotates eastward about its N/S axis; completes every 24 hours; axis inclined at
23.5° circle of illumination - ✔✔the zone of transition between light and dark around a
sphere Sun's declination - ✔✔the latitude receiving the vertical rays of the sun June
solstice (summer solstice) - ✔✔June 21st; sun directly overhead at the Tropic of
Cancer(23.5°N); 24 hours of sunlight above arctic circle(66.5°N) December solstice (winter
solstice) - ✔✔December 21st; sun directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S); 24
hours of sunlight below Antarctic Circle (66.5°S) Equinoxes - ✔✔March 20th (March
Equinox), September 22nd (September Equinox); Sun directly overhead at the equator;
equal illumination across all latitudes; 12 hours of sunlight everywhere insolation -
✔✔incoming solar radiation; depends on duration and directness of radiation LiDAR -
✔✔Light Detection and Ranging; a remote sensing technology that measures distance by
illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light latitude - ✔✔parallels to
the equator; runs North and South; 1°=69 miles and 60 minutes longitude - ✔✔ meridians -
✔✔runs East and West Key lines of latitude - ✔✔90°N/S=poles 66.5°N=Arctic Circle
23.5°N=Tropic of Cancer 0°=equator 23.5°S=Tropic of Capricorn 66.5°=Antarctic Circle
maps - ✔✔2D representation of some portion of the earth's surface conic projection - ✔✔a
map projection that is made by moving the surface features of the globe onto a cone
cylindrical projection - ✔✔a map created by projecting Earth's image onto a cylinder plane
projection - ✔✔an imaginary flat plane upon which the image created by the lines of sight
is projected interrupted projection - ✔✔compromise map projection, Robinson Projection;
balances reasonably accurate shapes with reasonably accurate areas graphic scale - ✔✔a
bar line marked to show distance on Earth's surface verbal scale - ✔✔description of scale
using words "one inch equal four miles" fractional scale - ✔✔numerical ratio 1:24,000
large scale - ✔✔shows a small area; great detail small scale - ✔✔shows a large area; little
detail isolines - ✔✔lines on a map connecting areas of equal value isotherm - ✔✔equal
temperature isobar - ✔✔equal atmospheric pressure isohyet - ✔✔equal rainfall gradient -
✔✔change/distance low gradient=light winds high gradient=strong winds Geographic
