WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY:
CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
At Kyoto in 1997, what did the 30 Western industrialized countries legally agree to
do?
a) reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels
b) voluntarily limit greenhouse gas emissions
c) finance further studies to determine the cause of climate change
d) censure China for exceeding its carbon limits
e) reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by half - Answer-a
The rich diversity of plants and animals on Earth is known as
a) bioregion
b) bionicle
c) biodiversity
d) biogeography
e) biome - Answer-c
An assemblage of local plants, animals, and insects covering a large area such as a
tropical rainforest or a grassland is called a
a) bioregion
b) bionicle
c) biosphere
d) biogeography
e) biore - Answer-a
Tropical savanna bioregions are found in which climate type?
a) BW
b) Cs
c) Af
d) Aw
e) Am - Answer-d
Arctic latitudes will have what type of vegetation?
a) tropical rain forest
b) tropical grasslands
c) evergreen forests
d) deciduous forests
e) tundra - Answer-e
Cape Town, South Africa at about 34 south latitude has what type of climate?
a) Af - tropical rainy
b) Aw - tropical savanna
c) BW - desert
d) Cs - Mediterranean
e) ET - Tundra - Answer-d
, Anthropogenic pollution is caused by
a) people
b) animals
c) climate
d) rocks
e) anthropologists - Answer-a
Computer models predict that average global temperatures will increase ___ by
2020.
a) 1 F
b) 4 F
c) 10 F
d) -2 F
e) 3.6 F - Answer-e
Which atmospheric gas is closely linked to the greenhouse effect?
a) chlorofluorocarbons
b) carbon dioxide
c) methane
d) nitrous oxide
e) ozone - Answer-b
The majority of the African continent is dominated by which three bioregions?
a) tropical rainforest, desert, and tundra
b) evergreen forest, tropical rainforest, and desert
c) temperature deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, and evergreen forest
d) tropical rainforest, tropical savanna, and desert
e) evergreen forest, tundra, and ice - Answer-d
The desert/grassland biome is found primarily where?
a) along the Equator
b) in lower to mid-latitudes in both hemispheres
c) exclusively in Africa and Asia
d) in polar latitudes
e) along coastal regions in tropical regions of the world - Answer-b
What type of bioregion is most often found along the equator?
a) broadleaf or mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest
b) coniferous forest
c) tundra
d) tropical forests
e) Mediterranean woodland - Answer-d
Where are most tropical rainforests located?
a) near the north pole
b) near the south pole
c) near the equator
d) in the middle latitudes
e) their location is random - Answer-c
CHAPTER 2 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
At Kyoto in 1997, what did the 30 Western industrialized countries legally agree to
do?
a) reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels
b) voluntarily limit greenhouse gas emissions
c) finance further studies to determine the cause of climate change
d) censure China for exceeding its carbon limits
e) reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by half - Answer-a
The rich diversity of plants and animals on Earth is known as
a) bioregion
b) bionicle
c) biodiversity
d) biogeography
e) biome - Answer-c
An assemblage of local plants, animals, and insects covering a large area such as a
tropical rainforest or a grassland is called a
a) bioregion
b) bionicle
c) biosphere
d) biogeography
e) biore - Answer-a
Tropical savanna bioregions are found in which climate type?
a) BW
b) Cs
c) Af
d) Aw
e) Am - Answer-d
Arctic latitudes will have what type of vegetation?
a) tropical rain forest
b) tropical grasslands
c) evergreen forests
d) deciduous forests
e) tundra - Answer-e
Cape Town, South Africa at about 34 south latitude has what type of climate?
a) Af - tropical rainy
b) Aw - tropical savanna
c) BW - desert
d) Cs - Mediterranean
e) ET - Tundra - Answer-d
, Anthropogenic pollution is caused by
a) people
b) animals
c) climate
d) rocks
e) anthropologists - Answer-a
Computer models predict that average global temperatures will increase ___ by
2020.
a) 1 F
b) 4 F
c) 10 F
d) -2 F
e) 3.6 F - Answer-e
Which atmospheric gas is closely linked to the greenhouse effect?
a) chlorofluorocarbons
b) carbon dioxide
c) methane
d) nitrous oxide
e) ozone - Answer-b
The majority of the African continent is dominated by which three bioregions?
a) tropical rainforest, desert, and tundra
b) evergreen forest, tropical rainforest, and desert
c) temperature deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, and evergreen forest
d) tropical rainforest, tropical savanna, and desert
e) evergreen forest, tundra, and ice - Answer-d
The desert/grassland biome is found primarily where?
a) along the Equator
b) in lower to mid-latitudes in both hemispheres
c) exclusively in Africa and Asia
d) in polar latitudes
e) along coastal regions in tropical regions of the world - Answer-b
What type of bioregion is most often found along the equator?
a) broadleaf or mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest
b) coniferous forest
c) tundra
d) tropical forests
e) Mediterranean woodland - Answer-d
Where are most tropical rainforests located?
a) near the north pole
b) near the south pole
c) near the equator
d) in the middle latitudes
e) their location is random - Answer-c
