SOSC 302 Cumulative Exercises Examination (SOSC 302
CE Exam) Questions and Answers
What is the mean elevation of California in feet above sea level? -
ANSWER>>2,900 feet above sea level
How high is Mt. Whitney in feet? - ANSWER>>14,494 feet above sea level
How long is California at its most distant points? - ANSWER>>1,040 miles
What California mountains extend east to west? - ANSWER>>The Los Angeles
Ranges
How high is Mt. Shasta in feet - ANSWER>>14,162 feet above sea level
What mountains are found in northwestern California - ANSWER>>Klamath
Mountains
How wide is California at its most distant east-west points - ANSWER>>560 miles
What is the lowest precipitation amount, in inches, for California - ANSWER>>0-5
inches
In what part of California is the precipitation highest (central, southern coastal,
Sierra Nevada, northwest, northeast - ANSWER>>Northwest
What is the highest precipitation amount, in inches, for California -
ANSWER>>Over 100 inches
,How many species of plants and animals are found in California - ANSWER>>5,879
species
How many species of plants and animals are endemic to California -
ANSWER>>2,214 (found nowhere naturally beyond its borders
What type of wetlands occur in the Bay Area-Delta Bioregion - ANSWER>>Salt
marshes, freshwater marshes. Plants- pickleweed, great bulrush, saltbush, cattail
How many of the ten bioregions are adversely impacted by water management
issues - ANSWER>>8
Which bioregion receives the most annual precipitation - ANSWER>>Klamath
What bioregion has the largest human population - ANSWER>>South Coast
Bioregion
What has the South Coast Bioregion been affected by - ANSWER>>Urbanization,
water management, invasive species, altered fire regimes, recreational pressures
What type of climate does California have? What does that mean in terms of
rainfall and temperature - ANSWER>>Mediterranean. Warm, dry summers and
mild winters
What percent of California's water is in the Northern third of the state -
ANSWER>>75%
How many dams are in California - ANSWER>>1,472 accounted for
What percent of California's water goes to the following uses - ANSWER>>1.
Agriculture - 62%
2. Urban - 16%
3. In stream flows - 22%
,How much more groundwater storage is there compared to surface storage in the
state of California - ANSWER>>10 times more
How much of the San Francisco Bay Area's water is imported - ANSWER>>65%
1. How much of Southern California's water is imported? - ANSWER>>About 50%
The State Water Project (SWP) supplies drinking water for how many people -
ANSWER>>27 million people
Moving State Water Project water uses a lot of electricity. How many "equivalent
months" of power use does it take to provide a California household with 4.5 days
worth of water - ANSWER>>5 months
"Most of the densely populated, low-lying areas along the coast and in interior
valleys" have what climate type - ANSWER>>Mediterranean
How was Yosemite Valley "sculptured - ANSWER>>Small glaciers grinded down
the slopes of the Sierra
Where have the lowest temperatures in California been recorded -
ANSWER>>Donner Pass
Where have the highest temperatures in California been recorded -
ANSWER>>Death Valley
What agricultural valley in California is "one of the hottest and driest places in the
western hemisphere - ANSWER>>Imperial Valley
What California tree is the "world's tallest species - ANSWER>>Coast Redwood
What California tree is the "world's bulkiest species?" - ANSWER>>Giant Sequoia
, What trees in California are some of the "world's oldest organisms -
ANSWER>>Gnarled Bristlecone pine- more than 6,000 years
Where in California is the "only navigable sea-level route through the Coast Range
into the interior between Mexico and the Columbia River?" - ANSWER>>Through
the San Francisco Bay, the Carquinez Strait, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin river
system
Which mountains make up the Transverse Ranges? - ANSWER>>The Tehachapis,
San Gabriels, San Bernadinos
Where in California is the "largest expanse of flat land west of the Rocky
Mountains - ANSWER>>The Central Valley
What key topographic region of California "has been central to California's
development, serving as a natural reservoir, collecting, filtering, and dispersing
about one-half of the state's water - ANSWER>>Delta
What two valleys of California are the only "below-sea-level agricultural areas" in
North America - ANSWER>>Imperial Valley and Coachella Valley
What percentage of California's rain falls in "roughly the northern half of the state
- ANSWER>>90%
In what year did a flood in the Central Valley "destroy about half the property
value in the state, and touch off lethal epidemics - ANSWER>>1862
Proportionally California receives _____ the "average annual rainfall of the South
Atlantic and Gulf Coast States - ANSWER>>Less than half
CE Exam) Questions and Answers
What is the mean elevation of California in feet above sea level? -
ANSWER>>2,900 feet above sea level
How high is Mt. Whitney in feet? - ANSWER>>14,494 feet above sea level
How long is California at its most distant points? - ANSWER>>1,040 miles
What California mountains extend east to west? - ANSWER>>The Los Angeles
Ranges
How high is Mt. Shasta in feet - ANSWER>>14,162 feet above sea level
What mountains are found in northwestern California - ANSWER>>Klamath
Mountains
How wide is California at its most distant east-west points - ANSWER>>560 miles
What is the lowest precipitation amount, in inches, for California - ANSWER>>0-5
inches
In what part of California is the precipitation highest (central, southern coastal,
Sierra Nevada, northwest, northeast - ANSWER>>Northwest
What is the highest precipitation amount, in inches, for California -
ANSWER>>Over 100 inches
,How many species of plants and animals are found in California - ANSWER>>5,879
species
How many species of plants and animals are endemic to California -
ANSWER>>2,214 (found nowhere naturally beyond its borders
What type of wetlands occur in the Bay Area-Delta Bioregion - ANSWER>>Salt
marshes, freshwater marshes. Plants- pickleweed, great bulrush, saltbush, cattail
How many of the ten bioregions are adversely impacted by water management
issues - ANSWER>>8
Which bioregion receives the most annual precipitation - ANSWER>>Klamath
What bioregion has the largest human population - ANSWER>>South Coast
Bioregion
What has the South Coast Bioregion been affected by - ANSWER>>Urbanization,
water management, invasive species, altered fire regimes, recreational pressures
What type of climate does California have? What does that mean in terms of
rainfall and temperature - ANSWER>>Mediterranean. Warm, dry summers and
mild winters
What percent of California's water is in the Northern third of the state -
ANSWER>>75%
How many dams are in California - ANSWER>>1,472 accounted for
What percent of California's water goes to the following uses - ANSWER>>1.
Agriculture - 62%
2. Urban - 16%
3. In stream flows - 22%
,How much more groundwater storage is there compared to surface storage in the
state of California - ANSWER>>10 times more
How much of the San Francisco Bay Area's water is imported - ANSWER>>65%
1. How much of Southern California's water is imported? - ANSWER>>About 50%
The State Water Project (SWP) supplies drinking water for how many people -
ANSWER>>27 million people
Moving State Water Project water uses a lot of electricity. How many "equivalent
months" of power use does it take to provide a California household with 4.5 days
worth of water - ANSWER>>5 months
"Most of the densely populated, low-lying areas along the coast and in interior
valleys" have what climate type - ANSWER>>Mediterranean
How was Yosemite Valley "sculptured - ANSWER>>Small glaciers grinded down
the slopes of the Sierra
Where have the lowest temperatures in California been recorded -
ANSWER>>Donner Pass
Where have the highest temperatures in California been recorded -
ANSWER>>Death Valley
What agricultural valley in California is "one of the hottest and driest places in the
western hemisphere - ANSWER>>Imperial Valley
What California tree is the "world's tallest species - ANSWER>>Coast Redwood
What California tree is the "world's bulkiest species?" - ANSWER>>Giant Sequoia
, What trees in California are some of the "world's oldest organisms -
ANSWER>>Gnarled Bristlecone pine- more than 6,000 years
Where in California is the "only navigable sea-level route through the Coast Range
into the interior between Mexico and the Columbia River?" - ANSWER>>Through
the San Francisco Bay, the Carquinez Strait, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin river
system
Which mountains make up the Transverse Ranges? - ANSWER>>The Tehachapis,
San Gabriels, San Bernadinos
Where in California is the "largest expanse of flat land west of the Rocky
Mountains - ANSWER>>The Central Valley
What key topographic region of California "has been central to California's
development, serving as a natural reservoir, collecting, filtering, and dispersing
about one-half of the state's water - ANSWER>>Delta
What two valleys of California are the only "below-sea-level agricultural areas" in
North America - ANSWER>>Imperial Valley and Coachella Valley
What percentage of California's rain falls in "roughly the northern half of the state
- ANSWER>>90%
In what year did a flood in the Central Valley "destroy about half the property
value in the state, and touch off lethal epidemics - ANSWER>>1862
Proportionally California receives _____ the "average annual rainfall of the South
Atlantic and Gulf Coast States - ANSWER>>Less than half
