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| Geographic Information Systems(GIS) |
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| an information system that's designed to work with geographically referenced data |
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| Satellite images, air photos, radar |
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| Any ordered, interrelated set of things and their attributes linked by flows of energy and matter |
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| 1)Atmosphere 2)Hydrosphere 3)Lithosphere 4)Biosphere |
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| Something that makes an area common |
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| tangible and intangible characteristics which make an area unique |
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| Compare/contrast small scale maps with large scale maps |
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| Large scale maps used in local maps while small scale maps are used for world maps(less detailed) |
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| realignment of grid from globe to flat surface in a systematic way |
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| tilt,movement of earth related to sun |
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| Law of Conservation of Energy |
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| Energy cant be created or destroyed; it can only change form |
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| When we're closest to the sun(January 3rd) |
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| When we're farthest from the sun (July 4th) |
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| Change in the suns altitude above the horizon and the change in daylength |
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| Incoming solar radiation which reaches the earth's surface |
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| Latitude where sun is directly overhead at noon (ex.tropic of cancer during summer solstice) |
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| the latitude which its found at (north or south of the equator) |
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| 1)Revolution 2)Rotation 3)Tilt=23.5 4)Axial parallelism=axial tilt maintained as orbiting the sun 5)Sphericity= Energy thats incident on Earth comes from different angles |
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