Test Bank For Atmospheric Processes And Patterns 2nd Edition by Reynolds
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Exploring Physical Geography, 2e (Reynolds) Chapter 3 Atmospheric Motion
1) In accordance with Charles' Law, a gas under constant pressure will ________ when ________.
A) contract; heated
B) expand; cooled
C) expand; heated
D) keep the same volume; heated or cooled
Answer: C
Section: 03.01 H...
,Exploring Physical Geography, 2e (Reynolds)
Chapter 1 The Nature of Physical Geography
1) Which of the following is not a feature of what physical geographers study?
A) Impacts of spatial distributions of the natural environment on people
B) Processes that created and changed the spatial distributions of natural features
C) Interconnections between different aspects of the natural environment
D) All of these are features of what physical geographers study.
Answer: D
Section: 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life; Investigation of Geographic Problems
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
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2) Which of the following topics of study would best incorporate the holistic perspective?
A) The impact of political policies on soil erosion
B) The examination of soil grains under a microscope to identify the amount of air space
between grains
C) The degree to which soil particles expand when they are wet and contract when they dry out
D) Identifying the soil type from a sample collected in the field
Answer: A
Section: 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life; Investigation of Geographic Problems
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) Geography is considered to be
A) a natural science.
B) a social science.
C) both a natural and social science.
D) neither a natural nor a social science.
Answer: C
Section: 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
,4) The geographic perspective that distinguishes geography from other fields of study means that
A) geographers use computers only after they examine maps.
B) geographers examine how the spatial features affect and are affected by nonspatial issues.
C) geographers use field work to report results.
D) geographers do not need to follow the scientific method when they solve research problems.
Answer: B
Section: 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
5) Which of the following clues would the steepness of a slope, by itself, be most directly able to
provide to a geographer in understanding a place?
A) It suggests the ethnicity of human settlement that may have lived on the slope.
B) It suggests the type of rock that might be present to form soils.
C) It suggests how far the location is from the equator.
D) It suggests the strength of the wind at the location.
Answer: B
Section: 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life; Geographic Information Systems
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6) The relationship between mountains and precipitation can be generalized by saying that
A) mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in summer but less precipitation in winter than
the surrounding lowlands.
B) mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in winter but less precipitation in summer than
the surrounding lowlands.
C) mountaintops generally experience more precipitation than the surrounding lowlands.
D) mountaintops generally experience less precipitation that the surrounding lowlands.
Answer: C
Section: 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life; Earth's Natural Systems
Bloom's: 3. Apply
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
, 7) The conceptual basis of geographic questions involves the notion that
A) the location of an object affects other features in the natural environment but not the human
environment.
B) the location of an object is affected by other features in the natural environment but not the
human environment.
C) the location of an object affects, and is affected by, other features in both the natural and
human environment.
D) the location of an object is unique and largely unaffected by other features in both the natural
and human environment.
Answer: C
Section: 01.02 How Do We Investigate Geographic Questions?
Topic: Physical Geography and its Influence on Life; Investigation of Geographic Problems;
Earth's Natural Systems
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
8) Which of the following would be an example of qualitative data?
A) A physical geographer measuring the time required for a plume of air pollution to reach a
town
B) A physical geographer taking a census of the number of pine trees infested with a certain
disease
C) A physical geographer monitoring the water temperature in a stream
D) A physical geographer noting the color of a soil
Answer: D
Section: 01.02 How Do We Investigate Geographic Questions?
Topic: Investigation of Geographic Problems
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
9) Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?
A) A physical geographer sketching the general appearance of a landscape
B) A physical geographer describing the shape of rock fragments
C) A physical geographer measuring the total rainfall from a storm
D) A physical geographer observing that the clouds are flat and blanket-like
Answer: C
Section: 01.02 How Do We Investigate Geographic Questions?
Topic: Investigation of Geographic Problems; Earth's Natural Systems
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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