GEOG Essentials
The 5 Spatial Themes
What is Location, Region, Movement, Place, and Human-Earth Relationship
When the Earth is closest to the sun
What is Perihelion
Where air pressure is the highest
What is Sea Level
Changes ONLY the direction of light, diffuse radiation
What is Scattering
Takes 365.24 days
A system that has inputs and outputs, is not self contained and is virtually all systems
What is an Open System
Streams of electrically charged particles, the magnetosphere deflects it towards the poles
What is Solar Wind
Endless process that absorbs most of the harmful UV radiation
What is Ozone
These colds allow for more reflection, which leads to net cooling
Synthetic compounds from refrigerants, propellants, and solvents that end up in the stratosphere
What is Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
An Equilibrium that has a mix of increasing and decreasing trends
What is a Dynamic Equilibrium
Affects the intensity of insolation
what is Suns position
Means human caused
What is Anthropogenic
Is "Hidden Heat", from evaporation or condensation of water
What is Latent Heating
This type of satellite shifts it track slightly every day so it is always in daylight w
what is sun-synchronous
This side is always one day ahead/later (=lose a day)
What is West
When the sun is directly over the Equator
What is an Equinox
When solar radiation reacts with Nitric Oxide, VOCs, or Nitric Acid this Smog forms
Correlates temperature (heat) and Humidity
What is Heat Index
When all light is reflected
100% albedo
What is Equal Area
The Earth Remains in a fixed alignment, with Polaris directly overhead at the N. Pole throughout the whole year.
What is Axial Parallelism
Affects climate of area by preventing moisture from moving between land and sea.
What is a Mountain Barrier
Summers near the ocean are not as warm as inland locations because of this influence
What is Maritime Influence
What is Altitude