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Chapter 01 - Physical Geography: Earth Environments and Systems
True / False
1. Most Earth subsystems are open systems.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
2. Systems analysis involves defining a system, breaking the system down into its components, and
examining how the components interact with one another.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.2 - Discuss important ways in which geographic
information and techniques are useful in different careers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
3. Negative feedback is an "unnatural process" that is generally detrimental to the functioning of an
environmental system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
4. A conceptual model of a place and its spatial components is called a "mental map".
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.8 - Explain how physical geography is relevant to your
everyday life.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
5. If an increase in a deer population depletes the animals’ food supplies, leading to a decrease in
population back toward the original number, this would be an example of a positive feedback.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
6. The lithosphere is made up of all the living things on Earth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. A model is a useful simplification of a more complex reality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
8. Asking what effect stricter chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) controls in North America will have on the future
size of the ozone hole over Antarctica is one example of analyzing a spatial interaction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.5 - Illustrate with examples how some interactions
between people and their environment are advantageous, whereas others are
detrimental or hazardous.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
9. The ecosystem concept can be applied on almost any scale.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.8 - Explain how physical geography is relevant to your
everyday life.
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KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
10. Geographers are concerned with how physical and human processes affect, have affected, or will
affect our planet and its natural and human environments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Study of Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.2 - Discuss important ways in which geographic
information and techniques are useful in different careers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
11. Some environmental changes that occur on Earth accumulate very slowly so that careful scientific
study over the long term is required to understand what is occurring.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.6 - Summarize how knowledge of physical geography
contributes to a better understanding of the environment.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
12. Earth processes can have a direct impact on humans and their built environment, just as humans and
their built environment can have an impact on Earth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.7 - Recognize that every physical environment offers an
array of advantages and challenges to human life and living conditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
13. The lines on maps that depict the boundaries between natural areas or environmental regions
generally represent abrupt changes on the surface.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.3 - Describe the three major perspectives of physical
geography: spatial science, physical science, and environmental science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
14. Natural regions can change in size and shape over time in response to environmental changes.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.7 - Recognize that every physical environment offers an
array of advantages and challenges to human life and living conditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
15. Because physical geography is so broad and complex, the scientific method does not apply.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.3 - Describe the three major perspectives of physical
geography: spatial science, physical science, and environmental science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
Multiple Choice
16. Which field focuses on the relationships between organisms and their environment?
a. ecology
b. environmental
protection
c. ecosystemics
d. oncology
e. bioinformatics
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.2 - Discuss important ways in which geographic
information and techniques are useful in different careers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
17. An example of an absolute location is .
a. anywhere on Earth's surface
b. 400 kilometers (250 mi) southwest of Chicago
c. downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam
d. south of the Rocky Mountains
e. 40 degrees north latitude and 90 degrees west
longitude
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.3 - Describe the three major perspectives of physical
geography: spatial science, physical science, and environmental science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
physical_geography_11th_edition_test_bank
Chapter 01 - Physical Geography: Earth Environments and Systems
True / False
1. Most Earth subsystems are open systems.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
2. Systems analysis involves defining a system, breaking the system down into its components, and
examining how the components interact with one another.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.2 - Discuss important ways in which geographic
information and techniques are useful in different careers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
3. Negative feedback is an "unnatural process" that is generally detrimental to the functioning of an
environmental system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
4. A conceptual model of a place and its spatial components is called a "mental map".
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.8 - Explain how physical geography is relevant to your
everyday life.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
5. If an increase in a deer population depletes the animals’ food supplies, leading to a decrease in
population back toward the original number, this would be an example of a positive feedback.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
6. The lithosphere is made up of all the living things on Earth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
7. A model is a useful simplification of a more complex reality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Using Models and Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.4 - Think of the Earth as a system of interacting parts that
respond to both natural processes and human actions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
8. Asking what effect stricter chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) controls in North America will have on the future
size of the ozone hole over Antarctica is one example of analyzing a spatial interaction.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.5 - Illustrate with examples how some interactions
between people and their environment are advantageous, whereas others are
detrimental or hazardous.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
9. The ecosystem concept can be applied on almost any scale.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.8 - Explain how physical geography is relevant to your
everyday life.
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KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
10. Geographers are concerned with how physical and human processes affect, have affected, or will
affect our planet and its natural and human environments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Study of Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.2 - Discuss important ways in which geographic
information and techniques are useful in different careers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
11. Some environmental changes that occur on Earth accumulate very slowly so that careful scientific
study over the long term is required to understand what is occurring.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.6 - Summarize how knowledge of physical geography
contributes to a better understanding of the environment.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
12. Earth processes can have a direct impact on humans and their built environment, just as humans and
their built environment can have an impact on Earth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.7 - Recognize that every physical environment offers an
array of advantages and challenges to human life and living conditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
13. The lines on maps that depict the boundaries between natural areas or environmental regions
generally represent abrupt changes on the surface.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.3 - Describe the three major perspectives of physical
geography: spatial science, physical science, and environmental science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
14. Natural regions can change in size and shape over time in response to environmental changes.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.7 - Recognize that every physical environment offers an
array of advantages and challenges to human life and living conditions.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
15. Because physical geography is so broad and complex, the scientific method does not apply.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.3 - Describe the three major perspectives of physical
geography: spatial science, physical science, and environmental science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
Multiple Choice
16. Which field focuses on the relationships between organisms and their environment?
a. ecology
b. environmental
protection
c. ecosystemics
d. oncology
e. bioinformatics
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.2 - Discuss important ways in which geographic
information and techniques are useful in different careers.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
17. An example of an absolute location is .
a. anywhere on Earth's surface
b. 400 kilometers (250 mi) southwest of Chicago
c. downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam
d. south of the Rocky Mountains
e. 40 degrees north latitude and 90 degrees west
longitude
ANSWER: e
REFERENCES: Major Perspectives in Physical Geography
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PHYG.PETR.17.1.3 - Describe the three major perspectives of physical
geography: spatial science, physical science, and environmental science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand
