定性是确定事物及其状态的性质,定量是对事物进行数量关系的分析,它们分别是从“质”和“量”的角度来揭示某一事物的本质特征。地理概念、原理都是在定性与定量统一的基础上形成的,如“水循环”这一概念中,着眼于自然界水体运动的现象属于定性分析,着眼于各平衡要素的数量关系属于定量分析。学生在 Qualitative is the nature of determining things and their status. Quantitative is the analysis of quantitative relations of things. They reveal the essential characteristics of a thing from the perspective of “quality” and “quantity”. Geographic concepts and principles are formed on the basis of qualitative and quantitative unity. For example, in the concept of “water cycle,” the phenomenon of focusing on the movement of water bodies in nature is a qualitative analysis, and the quantitative relationship that focuses on each balance element belongs to quantitative analysis. . Students are