The Physical Environment

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Looking Back: Systems

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1. List the three basic elements of a system.

2. Define open and closed systems. Give an example of each from the Earth system.

3. What are positive and negative feedbacks?

4. Define system equilibrium.

5. Define exogenic and endogenic sources of energy.

 

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
2006. Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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