Chapter 1

Review Questions 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

• Explain the significance of the following parallels of latitude - 0, 23.5, 66.5, & 90 degrees.

Chapter 2

Review Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

• What are the four ways a map projection can be distorted?

Chapter 3

Review Questions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

• Why does the temperature of the atmosphere both increase and decrease as you go up in altitude?
• Why is there so little mixing of air between the troposphere and stratosphere?

Chapter 4

Review Questions 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16

• related to question #16 - How is the Sahara Desert like the back of your refrigerator? Why do both get so hot?

Chapter 5

Review Questions 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16

• Why are Chinook winds so warm, dry, and powerful?

Chapter 6

Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15

• related to fig 6-27b on p.162 - Why don't the clouds get blown past the top of the mountain?

Chapter 7

Review Questions 1, 3, 4

• Why does rain often fall so far in advance of a warm front?

Chapter 8

Review Questions 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

• How is the Hadley cell related to the location of both tropical rainforest and desert climates?

Chapter 9

Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14

• Why is groundwater pollution more persistent than surface water pollution?

Chapter 10

Review Questions 1, 2, 5, 6, 8

• Why does greater biological diversity in an ecosystem lead to greater stability?

Chapter 11

Review Questions 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11

• How much do we know about the ecology and individual species of the rainforest biome?
• What does the "Law of Unintended Consequences" teach us about human impacts on the biosphere?