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Lecture 1 Essentials of Geography
What parallel is canada located a...,
Physical geography uses a ______ ...,
What percent does the melting of ...
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Lecture 2 Earth and Map Projections
What are the 4 spheres that make ...,
What percent of nitrogen makes up...,
______ is part of the lithosphere...
29
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Lecture 3 Remote Sensing and GIS
A gps receiver senses signals fro...,
The acquisition of information ab...,
What was the first type of remote...
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Lecture 4 Radiation, Earth-Sun Relations
At ______ which is earth s closes...,
At ______ which is earth s farthe...,
The ______ is the periodic variat...
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Lecture 5 The Atmosphere
The ______ is the outer atmospher...,
Below the heterosphere is the ___...,
______ gases in the atmosphere ch...
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Lecture 6 Energy Balance of Earth
______ refers to the uninterrupte...,
______ radiation experiences a ch...,
______ radiation is bounced off a...
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Lecture 7 Temperature Controls and Distribution
The ______ quantifies the enhance...,
______ is a measure of the averag...,
______ is used to record air temp...
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Lecture 8 Air Pressure and Global Wind
The molecules that constitute air...,
True or false therefore warmer ai...,
True or false moist air is lighte...
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Lecture 9: Humidity & Stability
The heat exchanged between physic...,
______ is the process by which ic...,
______ is an important contributo...
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Lecture 10: Clouds and Air Masses
______ are an aggregation of tiny...,
Condensation requires ______ micr...,
True or false common nuclei are p...
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Lecture 11: Mid-Latitude Cyclones
____ is the leading edge of a col...,
True or false a day or two ahead ...,
True or false when a could front ...
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Lecture 12: Global Climate
What is the difference between we...,
What elements does weather include,
_____ is the consistent long term...
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Lecture 13: Climate Change
Explain what the greenhouse effec...,
What is the outcome of the greenh...,
What are the 5 primary greenhouse...
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Lecture 14: Hydrologic Cycle, Soil Moisture
_____ is the study and distributi...,
______ is the proportion of a vol...,
______ is a proportion of a soil ...
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Lecture 15: Slope Hydrology and Groundwater
What are the four major routes of...,
During dry periods most of the wa...,
A ______ is a plot of stream disc...
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Lecture 17: Weathering and Mass Movements
______ are processes that operate...,
What is the energy that drives ex...,
______ are processes that operate...
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Lecture 18-19 Fluvial Processes
_____ is relating to or occurring...,
_____ is sediments transported an...,
_____ is a spatial area occupied ...
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Lecture: 20-21 Glacial Processes
______ is granular snow that has ...,
True or false as firn is compacte...,
____ are large masses of perennia...
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