Unit 1: Geography as a Discipline, Unit 2: The Earth, Unit 3: Landforms
1. Which were the two main branches of geography?
2. What are the recent techniques that helped the geographer to understand the earth's surface
better?
3. Explain the four branches of physical geography,
4. How is regional geography different from systematic geography
5. Geography studies the mutual relationship between environment and man. "Elaborate this
statement
6. What are different sources of information about the interior of the earth?
7. Distinguish between Lava and Magma.
8. Explain different types of volcanic landforms.
9. Explain the structure of the earth with the help of diagram
10. What do you mean by earthquake? Explain the three earthquake waves.
11. What do you mean by seismologist? Discuss focus/hypocenter and epicenter. How do we
measure its magnitude and intensity?
12. Explain the continental drift theory given by Alfred Wegener
13. The chief cause of a volcano is disturbances in earth's crust". Elaborate the statement.
14. Explain Tectonic plate theory and its working
15 Explain the ocean floor configuration with the help of diagram
16. Explain the rock cycle with the help of diagram
17. Why are minerals important for us?
18. What is meant by geomorphic process? What are its agents? Give examples
19. Deposition is the result of erosion Explain
20 Why are parent material and time considered as passive control factors in soil formation?
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1 systematic and regional geography
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3 form images
4 from image
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6 indirect source and direct source
indirect source is temperature ,density and
pressure and direct source mine ,well,Bore and volcano
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Answer:
1.Geography is divided into two main branches—physical and human geography.
2. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) & GPS (Global Positioning System ). COMPUTER CARTOGRAPHY.
3. Physical geography was conventionally subdivided into geomorphology, climatology, hydrology, and biogeography, but is now more holistic in systems analysis of recent environmental and Quaternary change.
4. The REGIONAL approach studies the many characteristics of each region (or realm) of the world. This is the approach of your textbook and the main approach used in this course. SYSTEMATIC geography, on the other hand, studies one issue and looks at its spatial variations in all parts of the globe.