Physical Geography Earth Environments and Systems 11th edition

Chaptern01n-nPhysicalnGeography:nEarthnEnvironmentsnandnSystems

Truen/nFalse

1. MostnEarthnsubsystemsnarenopennsystems.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsingnModelsnandnSystems
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.4n-
nThinknofnthenEarthnasnansystemnofninteractingnpartsnthatnrespondntonbothnnatural

nprocessesnandnhumannactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

2. Systemsnanalysisninvolvesndefiningnansystem,nbreakingnthensystemndownnintonitsncomponents,nandn
examiningnhownthencomponentsninteractnwithnonenanother.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsingnModelsnandnSystems
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.2n-
nDiscussnimportantnwaysninnwhichngeographicninformationnandntechniquesnaren

usefulninndifferentncareers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

3. Negativenfeedbacknisnann"unnaturalnprocess"nthatnisngenerallyndetrimentalntonthenfunctioningnofnanne
nvironmentalnsystem.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: UsingnModelsnandnSystems
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.4n-
nThinknofnthenEarthnasnansystemnofninteractingnpartsnthatnrespondntonbothnnatural

nprocessesnandnhumannactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

4. Anconceptualnmodelnofnanplacenandnitsnspatialncomponentsnisncallednan"mentalnmap".
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsingnModelsnandnSystems
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.8n-
nExplainnhownphysicalngeographynisnrelevantntonyourneverydaynlife.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

5. Ifnannincreaseninnandeernpopulationndepletesnthenanimals’nfoodnsupplies,nleadingntonandecreaseninn
populationnbackntowardnthenoriginalnnumber,nthisnwouldnbenannexamplenofnanpositivenfeedback.

, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: UsingnModelsnandnSystems
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.4n-
nThinknofnthenEarthnasnansystemnofninteractingnpartsnthatnrespondntonbothnnatural

nprocessesnandnhumannactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

6. ThenlithospherenisnmadenupnofnallnthenlivingnthingsnonnEarth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.4n-
nThinknofnthenEarthnasnansystemnofninteractingnpartsnthatnrespondntonbothnnatural

nprocessesnandnhumannactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nRemember

7. Anmodelnisnanusefulnsimplificationnofnanmorencomplexnreality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsingnModelsnandnSystems
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.4n-
nThinknofnthenEarthnasnansystemnofninteractingnpartsnthatnrespondntonbothnnatural

nprocessesnandnhumannactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

8. Askingnwhatneffectnstricternchlorofluorocarbonn(CFC)ncontrolsninnNorthnAmericanwillnhavenonnthenfuturens
izenofnthenozonenholenovernAntarcticanisnonenexamplenofnanalyzingnanspatialninteraction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nPHYG.PETR.17.1.5n-
nIllustratenwithnexamplesnhownsomeninteractionsnbetweennpeoplenandntheirnen

vironmentnarenadvantageous,nwhereasnothersnarendetrimentalnornhazardous.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

9. Thenecosystemnconceptncannbenappliednonnalmostnanynscale.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.8n-
nExplainnhownphysicalngeographynisnrelevantntonyourneverydaynlife.

,KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

10. Geographersnarenconcernednwithnhownphysicalnandnhumannprocessesnaffect,nhavenaffected,nornwilln
affectnournplanetnandnitsnnaturalnandnhumannenvironments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: ThenStudynofnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.2n-
nDiscussnimportantnwaysninnwhichngeographicninformationnandntechniquesnaren

usefulninndifferentncareers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nRemember

11. SomenenvironmentalnchangesnthatnoccurnonnEarthnaccumulatenverynslowlynsonthatncarefulnscientificns
tudynovernthenlongntermnisnrequiredntonunderstandnwhatnisnoccurring.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.6n-
nSummarizenhownknowledgenofnphysicalngeographyncontributesntonanbetternund

erstandingnofnthenenvironment.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

12. Earthnprocessesncannhavenandirectnimpactnonnhumansnandntheirnbuiltnenvironment,njustnasnhumansnandnt
heirnbuiltnenvironmentncannhavenannimpactnonnEarth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.7n-
nRecognizenthatneverynphysicalnenvironmentnoffersnannarraynofnadvantagesnandn

challengesntonhumannlifenandnlivingnconditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nRemember

13. Thenlinesnonnmapsnthatndepictnthenboundariesnbetweennnaturalnareasnornenvironmentalnregionsn
generallynrepresentnabruptnchangesnonnthensurface.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nPHYG.PETR.17.1.3n-
nDescribenthenthreenmajornperspectivesnofnphysicalngeography:nspatialnscie

nce,nphysicalnscience,nandnenvironmentalnscience.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nRemember

14. Naturalnregionsncannchangeninnsizenandnshapenoverntimeninnresponsentonenvironmentalnchanges.
a. True

, b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.7n-
nRecognizenthatneverynphysicalnenvironmentnoffersnannarraynofnadvantagesnandn

challengesntonhumannlifenandnlivingnconditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

15. Becausenphysicalngeographynisnsonbroadnandncomplex,nthenscientificnmethodndoesnnotnapply.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nPHYG.PETR.17.1.3n-
nDescribenthenthreenmajornperspectivesnofnphysicalngeography:nspatialnscie

nce,nphysicalnscience,nandnenvironmentalnscience.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand

MultiplenChoice

16. Whichnfieldnfocusesnonnthenrelationshipsnbetweennorganismsnandntheirnenvironment?
a. ecology
b. environmentaln
protection
c. ecosystemics
d. oncology
e. bioinformatics
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:n PHYG.PETR.17.1.2n-
nDiscussnimportantnwaysninnwhichngeographicninformationnandntechniquesnaren

usefulninndifferentncareers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nRemember

17. Annexamplenofnannabsolutenlocationnis .
a. anywherenonnEarth'snsurface
b. 400nkilometersn(250nmi)nsouthwestnofnChicago
c. downstreamnfromnthenGlennCanyonnDam
d. southnofnthenRockynMountains
e. 40ndegreesnnorthnlatitudenandn90ndegreesnwestn
longitude
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: MajornPerspectivesninnPhysicalnGeography
LEARNINGnOBJECTIVES:nPHYG.PETR.17.1.3n-
nDescribenthenthreenmajornperspectivesnofnphysicalngeography:nspatialnscie

nce,nphysicalnscience,nandnenvironmentalnscience.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:nUnderstand