Chapter 1 Weather and Climate
Chapter 1:
1: Contrast physical geography and cultural geography A: Cultural geography centers on things such as people, religions, languages, foods, and traditions, While physical geography centers on the aspects of the earth, the soil, the mountains, water, landforms etc.
2: If any idea cannot be disproven by some possible observation or test, can such an idea be supported by science? Explain. A: The book states that in order for something to be considered scientific there must be some test or possible observation that could disprove it, if there is not a way to disprove it, and then it cannot be supported by science.
4: Briefly describe the environmental spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere. A: The atmosphere is described as the gaseous envelope of air that surrounds the earth. It is a complex mixture of gases needed to sustain all life. Most of it is very close to the earth’s surface, where it is densest at the seal level and thins as altitude increases. The hydrosphere comprises water in all forms. The oceans contain a good majority of the water found on Earth and are the source for most precipitation. The cryosphere is a subcomponent of the hydrosphere where water is frozen as snow or ice. The biosphere encompasses all the parts of Earth where all living organisms can exist. The lithosphere is the solid, inorganic part of earth. It is the rocks of the earth’s crust as well as broken and unconsolidated particles of mineral matter that overlie the solid bedrock.
5: In what ways do the inner and outer planets (the terrestrial and Jovian planets) of our solar system differ from each other? A: the inner planets are rock based, having their majority being rock based while the outer planets are gaseous, not really containing any sort of mass besides the gases that make them up .
6: Compare the size of Earth to that of its surface features and atmosphere. A: Earth from the prospective of the universe is very small
1: Contrast physical geography and cultural geography A: Cultural geography centers on things such as people, religions, languages, foods, and traditions, While physical geography centers on the aspects of the earth, the soil, the mountains, water, landforms etc.
2: If any idea cannot be disproven by some possible observation or test, can such an idea be supported by science? Explain. A: The book states that in order for something to be considered scientific there must be some test or possible observation that could disprove it, if there is not a way to disprove it, and then it cannot be supported by science.
4: Briefly describe the environmental spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere. A: The atmosphere is described as the gaseous envelope of air that surrounds the earth. It is a complex mixture of gases needed to sustain all life. Most of it is very close to the earth’s surface, where it is densest at the seal level and thins as altitude increases. The hydrosphere comprises water in all forms. The oceans contain a good majority of the water found on Earth and are the source for most precipitation. The cryosphere is a subcomponent of the hydrosphere where water is frozen as snow or ice. The biosphere encompasses all the parts of Earth where all living organisms can exist. The lithosphere is the solid, inorganic part of earth. It is the rocks of the earth’s crust as well as broken and unconsolidated particles of mineral matter that overlie the solid bedrock.
5: In what ways do the inner and outer planets (the terrestrial and Jovian planets) of our solar system differ from each other? A: the inner planets are rock based, having their majority being rock based while the outer planets are gaseous, not really containing any sort of mass besides the gases that make them up .
6: Compare the size of Earth to that of its surface features and atmosphere. A: Earth from the prospective of the universe is very small