College of San Mateo- Physical Geography 100
Spring 2001
Study Guide for the First Midterm
Chapter 1
Review Questions 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18
- related to question #7 explain the role of plants in the cycling of
carbon between the abiotic spheres.
- related to question #18 What are the four ways a map projection can
be distorted?
Chapter 6
Review Questions 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, 24.
- What can you personally do to reduce your emissions of greenhouse gasses?
Chapter 8
Review Questions 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23.
- related to questions #2 & 11 What are the energy sources for each
component of the geologic cycle?
- related to question #9 While it is rising worldwide, why does sea level
appear to be dropping around the Hudson Bay in Northern Canada?
- related to questions #20 & 21 and Ch.9 #25 & 26 The most powerful
earthquakes and explosive volcanoes are associated with what type of plate
boundary?
Chapter 9
Review Questions 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25,
26.
related to question #5 How are migrating terranes related to the distribution
of species?
Chapter 15
Review Questions 1, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 23.
- related to question #18 According to lecture, what have been
the implications of salinization for civilizations around the world?
- related to question #12 What effects are modern agricultural techniques
having on a living soil system.
Chapter 16
Review Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 25,
26, 33, 37.
- related to question #16 According to the video Web of Life,
what is the significance of a 'keystone' species?
- related to question #13 Describe the carbon cycle, and how humans are
influencing it.
- related to question #17 According to your textbook and the video Web
of Life, why does greater biological diversity in an ecosystem lead
to greater stability?
- related to question #25 According to the video Web of Life, how
much do we know about the ecology and individual species of the rainforest
biome?