ENSO
ESNO occurs every
What is 2-7 years
This branch of geography studies Earth’s natural systems and how they intera
What is physical geography?
Latitude and longitude identify this type of location.
What is absolute location?
This term means “human-caused.”
What is anthropogenic?
This term means incoming solar radiation.
What is insolation?
Wet and unstable conditions develop in east Pacific as Pacific High weakens.
What is el nino
This field studies landforms and the processes that shape them.
What is geomorphology?
Describing a trip as “30 minutes away” uses this type of distance.
What is relative distance?
This is the number of individuals an environment can support without significant harm to the population or its environment.
What is carrying capacity?
This term describes how much incoming radiation a surface reflects.
What is albedo?
Dry stable conditions from subtropical Pacific High in east Pacific
What is la nina
This field studies the distribution of organisms and ecosystems across space and time.
What is biogeography?
Terrain, soil, vegetation, and water sources describe this aspect of a place.
What is site?
This measure estimates the land and water resources needed to support a person’s or population’s lifestyle.
What is an ecological footprint?
Warm air rising and cooler air sinking transfer heat through this process.
What is convection?
Reversal of “average” Conditions/Walker circulation
What is el nino
Unlike a general reference map, this type of map focuses on a particular subject, such as population density or rainfall.
What is a thematic map?
Your experiences and perceptions can make a familiar trip feel shorter than an unfamiliar one. This is an example of this type of distance.
What is cognitive distance?
When each fishing boat increases its catch for individual benefit and the shared fish population becomes depleted, this problem occurs.
What is the tragedy of the commons?
The Sun primarily emits shortwave radiation, while Earth primarily emits this type.
What is longwave infrared radiation?
Amplification of “average” conditions/Walker circulation
What is la nina
These six components make up a GIS.
What are hardware, software, data, methods, people, and network?
This geographic principle states that everything is related to everything else, but nearby things are more related than distant things.
What is Tobler’s First Law of Geography?
In the equation I = PAT, these three factors determine environmental impact.
What are population, affluence, and technology?
This property of water helps coastal locations experience smaller temperature swings than inland locations.
What is water’s high specific heat capacity?