Test Bank For Physical Geography - 11th - 2017 All Chapters - 9781305652644.pdf

Chapterh01h-hPhysicalhGeography:hEarthhEnvironmentshandhSystems

Trueh/hFalse

1. MosthEarthhsubsystemsharehopenhsystems.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsinghModelshandhSystems
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.4h-
hThinkhofhthehEarthhashahsystemhofhinteractinghpartshthathrespondhtohbothhnatural

hprocesseshandhhumanhactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

2. Systemshanalysishinvolveshdefininghahsystem,hbreakinghthehsystemhdownhintohitshcomponents,handh
examininghhowhthehcomponentshinteracthwithhonehanother.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsinghModelshandhSystems
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.2h-
hDiscusshimportanthwayshinhwhichhgeographichinformationhandhtechniqueshareh

usefulhinhdifferenthcareers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

3. Negativehfeedbackhishanh"unnaturalhprocess"hthathishgenerallyhdetrimentalhtohthehfunctioninghofhanhe
nvironmentalhsystem.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: UsinghModelshandhSystems
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.4h-
hThinkhofhthehEarthhashahsystemhofhinteractinghpartshthathrespondhtohbothhnatural

hprocesseshandhhumanhactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

4. Ahconceptualhmodelhofhahplacehandhitshspatialhcomponentshishcalledhah"mentalhmap".
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsinghModelshandhSystems
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.8h-
hExplainhhowhphysicalhgeographyhishrelevanthtohyourheverydayhlife.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

5. Ifhanhincreasehinhahdeerhpopulationhdepleteshthehanimals’hfoodhsupplies,hleadinghtohahdecreasehinh
populationhbackhtowardhthehoriginalhnumber,hthishwouldhbehanhexamplehofhahpositivehfeedback.

, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: UsinghModelshandhSystems
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.4h-
hThinkhofhthehEarthhashahsystemhofhinteractinghpartshthathrespondhtohbothhnatural

hprocesseshandhhumanhactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

6. ThehlithospherehishmadehuphofhallhthehlivinghthingshonhEarth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.4h-
hThinkhofhthehEarthhashahsystemhofhinteractinghpartshthathrespondhtohbothhnatural

hprocesseshandhhumanhactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hRemember

7. Ahmodelhishahusefulhsimplificationhofhahmorehcomplexhreality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: UsinghModelshandhSystems
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.4h-
hThinkhofhthehEarthhashahsystemhofhinteractinghpartshthathrespondhtohbothhnatural

hprocesseshandhhumanhactions.


KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

8. Askinghwhatheffecthstricterhchlorofluorocarbonh(CFC)hcontrolshinhNorthhAmericahwillhhavehonhthehfuturehs
izehofhthehozonehholehoverhAntarcticahishonehexamplehofhanalyzinghahspatialhinteraction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:hPHYG.PETR.17.1.5h-
hIllustratehwithhexampleshhowhsomehinteractionshbetweenhpeoplehandhtheirhen

vironmentharehadvantageous,hwhereashothersharehdetrimentalhorhhazardous.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

9. Thehecosystemhconcepthcanhbehappliedhonhalmosthanyhscale.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.8h-
hExplainhhowhphysicalhgeographyhishrelevanthtohyourheverydayhlife.

,KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

10. Geographersharehconcernedhwithhhowhphysicalhandhhumanhprocesseshaffect,hhavehaffected,horhwillh
affecthourhplanethandhitshnaturalhandhhumanhenvironments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: ThehStudyhofhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.2h-
hDiscusshimportanthwayshinhwhichhgeographichinformationhandhtechniqueshareh

usefulhinhdifferenthcareers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hRemember

11. SomehenvironmentalhchangeshthathoccurhonhEarthhaccumulatehveryhslowlyhsohthathcarefulhscientifichs
tudyhoverhthehlonghtermhishrequiredhtohunderstandhwhathishoccurring.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.6h-
hSummarizehhowhknowledgehofhphysicalhgeographyhcontributeshtohahbetterhund

erstandinghofhthehenvironment.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

12. Earthhprocesseshcanhhavehahdirecthimpacthonhhumanshandhtheirhbuilthenvironment,hjusthashhumanshandht
heirhbuilthenvironmenthcanhhavehanhimpacthonhEarth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.7h-
hRecognizehthatheveryhphysicalhenvironmenthoffershanharrayhofhadvantageshandh

challengeshtohhumanhlifehandhlivinghconditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hRemember

13. Thehlineshonhmapshthathdepicththehboundarieshbetweenhnaturalhareashorhenvironmentalhregionsh
generallyhrepresenthabrupthchangeshonhthehsurface.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:hPHYG.PETR.17.1.3h-
hDescribehthehthreehmajorhperspectiveshofhphysicalhgeography:hspatialhscie

nce,hphysicalhscience,handhenvironmentalhscience.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hRemember

14. Naturalhregionshcanhchangehinhsizehandhshapehoverhtimehinhresponsehtohenvironmentalhchanges.
a. True

, b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.7h-
hRecognizehthatheveryhphysicalhenvironmenthoffershanharrayhofhadvantageshandh

challengeshtohhumanhlifehandhlivinghconditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

15. Becausehphysicalhgeographyhishsohbroadhandhcomplex,hthehscientifichmethodhdoeshnothapply.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:hPHYG.PETR.17.1.3h-
hDescribehthehthreehmajorhperspectiveshofhphysicalhgeography:hspatialhscie

nce,hphysicalhscience,handhenvironmentalhscience.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand

MultiplehChoice

16. Whichhfieldhfocuseshonhthehrelationshipshbetweenhorganismshandhtheirhenvironment?
a. ecology
b. environmentalh
protection
c. ecosystemics
d. oncology
e. bioinformatics
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:h PHYG.PETR.17.1.2h-
hDiscusshimportanthwayshinhwhichhgeographichinformationhandhtechniqueshareh

usefulhinhdifferenthcareers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hRemember

17. Anhexamplehofhanhabsolutehlocationhis .
a. anywherehonhEarth'shsurface
b. 400hkilometersh(250hmi)hsouthwesthofhChicago
c. downstreamhfromhthehGlenhCanyonhDam
d. southhofhthehRockyhMountains
e. 40hdegreeshnorthhlatitudehandh90hdegreeshwesth
longitude
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: MajorhPerspectiveshinhPhysicalhGeography
LEARNINGhOBJECTIVES:hPHYG.PETR.17.1.3h-
hDescribehthehthreehmajorhperspectiveshofhphysicalhgeography:hspatialhscie

nce,hphysicalhscience,handhenvironmentalhscience.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s:hUnderstand