The science of geography is divided into two broad categories: physical and human
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All geographers utilize geospatial analysis
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Map scale is the relationship of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on Earth
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Situation is the location of a place relative to other places.
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The intensity of solar radiation at a given place and time depends on its latitude and season of the year.
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El Ni�o is a circulation change in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that occurs every several years.
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Midlatitude cyclones are centers of low pressure that develop along the polar front.
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We know that the warming of the last 200 years is largely due to humans and their effects on atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Earth processes create both landforms and specific geohazard events.
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Weathering is the process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces and its chemical constituents.
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A stream drains water from an area called its drainage basin.
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Winds blow across the sea surface, transferring their energy to the water by generating waves.
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Biogeochemical cycles are recycling processes that supply essential substances such as carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients to the biosphere.
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If water is plentiful, then actual evaporation equals potential evapotranspiration. But if water is in short supply, actual evaporation is less than potential evapotranspiration.
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Soil properties are influenced by climate, parent material, topography, and biological activity over time.
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Earth's ecosystems are grouped into biomes characterized by specific plant and animal types, usually named for a region's climate or dominant vegetation type.
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Human beings are not distributed uniformly across Earth's surface.
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The natural increase rate (NIR) is the percentage by which a population grows in a year.
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In the future, the world population will still increase but at a slower rate than in the past.
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Malthus claimed that the population was growing much more rapidly than Earth's food supply because population increased geometrically, whereas food supply increased arithmetically.
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A push factor induces people to move out of their present location, whereas a pull factor induces people to move into a new location.
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International migration has increased considerably in recent decades as economic disparities grow between wealthy and poor regions.
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International migration has increased considerably in recent decades as economic disparities grow between wealthy and poor regions.
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Currently in global migration, the three largest flows of migrants are: from Asia to Europe, from Asia to North America, and from Latin America to North America.
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Most countries adopt a selective immigration policy that excludes unwanted migrants and includes more desired ones.
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Development is a function of three factors: a decent standard of living, access to knowledge, and a long and healthy life.
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