Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS)

Programme: BPH in Environmental Safety and Health

Course Title: Environmental Geography and GIS
Course code: 0206115 Session: Fall 2020
Full Marks: 30 Time- 1.30 Hours

A. Environmental Geography (Answer any 5 of the followings: 6×6 = 36 marks)

1. 1a.What is environmental geography? (1 mark)

1b. Why environmental geography is important? (2 marks)
1c. What are the scopes of environmental Geography? (3 marks)

2. 2a. What is environmental problem? (1 mark)

2b. Mention the differences between hazard and disaster. (3 marks)
2c. How we can manage our environment? (2 marks)

3. 3a. What is earth? (1 mark)

3b. What are the constituents of earth surface? (3 marks)
3c. What are the causes of changing earth surface? ( 2 marks)

4. 4a. What is hydrosphere? (1 mark)

4b. What is environmental modification? (3 marks)
4c. Describe modification of ecosystem? (2 marks)

5. 5a. What is meteorological parameter? (1 mark)

5b. Name three meteorological parameters. (3 marks)
5c. Describe two of the meteorological parameters? (2 marks)

6. 6a. What is environmental degradation? (1 mark)

6b. What are the types of environmental degradation? (3 marks)
6c. What are causes of environmental degradation? (2 marks)

7. Write short note (any two) (3×2 = 6 marks)

7a. Urban geography 7b. Cultural geography
7c. Spatial data 7d. Earth surface

B. GIS and Remote Sensing (Answer any 2 of the followings: 5×2 = 10 marks)

8. a. What is Spatial data?

b. Mention the types of spatial data?

9. a. What is GIS?
b. Mention the principles of GIS.
10. a. What do you mean by Remote Sensing?
b. Mention the history remote sensing.