Lecture 1/ Reading 1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Science | a sense making system based on disconfirmation |
Disconfirmation | lining up various ideas, finding the false ones, and proving them to be invalid (finding the best current answer) |
Earth | the world; technically the 3rd planet from the sun, which is the center of the solar system; the only known astronomical body to support life |
Geography | the field of study dedicated to phenomenon (stuff) on earth |
Location | a point on a map; a position in physical space |
Map | 2D representation of an area |
Place | the living and nonliving characteristics of a location |
Disclosive Perspective | understanding the meaning and how of everyday things; it makes us dig deeper |
True/False. Geography is the study of maps | False |
True/False. Lines of Latitude are parallel to the equator | True |
True/False. Science determines truth | False |
True/False. A map is a 2D depiction of an area | True |
Which of the following is a position in space? a) earth b)location c) geography d) place | location |
Scientific Aquaintance | necessary to become a responsible citizen in a very large world |
Romantic Aquaintance | necessary to shape a sense of one's place with nature in a very small world |
Biosphere | the vast and mobile systems of life |
hydrosphere | the vast and mobile system of water |
Atmospherere | the layer of gasses surrounding earth |
Lithosphere | the solid outer layer of earth |
Great Systems | the systems listed above, touch all parts of the planet and drive geographic change; setting the framework for earth's global environment |
Thresholds LOOK UP | critical limits that create balance between the forces of change and stabilization LOOK UP |
System | any set of things linked together by some kind of interaction; a cycle of energy and matter |
Geographic Scale | how much earth space a system occupies and where it is found |
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