De Anza College- Physical Geography 1
Summer 2000
Study Guide for the First Midterm
Chapter 1
Review Questions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
- related to question #5 explain the role of plants in the cycling of
carbon between the abiotic spheres.
- related to question #12 What are the four ways a map projection can
be distorted?
- related to question #14 What is the difference between a GIS system
and a map?
Chapter 2
Review Questions 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18
- related to question #13 Explain the significance of the following parallels
of latitude - 0, 23.5, 66.5, & 90 degrees.
- related to question #16 Why does the temperature of the atmosphere
both increase and decrease as you go up in altitude?
Chapter 3
Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16
- related to question #7 Why is insolation less than the solar constant?
- related to question #13 Why do they give two weather forecasts for
the Bay Area?
Chapter 4
Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- related to question #5 Why is there no coriolis effect at the equator?
- related to question #6 What force accounts for the difference between
wind direction near the ground and wind direction at high altitude?
Chapter 5
Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
- related to question #14 How is energy transferred from the inside to
the outside of a refrigerator?
- related to question # 17 What is the difference between cold fronts
and warm fronts in terms of the way they produce 'lift?'
Chapter 6
Review Questions 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14
Chapter 7
Review Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18.
- How do scientists research past climates?
- What are the potential implications of increased global warming?
Chapter 15
Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
- related to question #11 According to lecture, what have been
the implications of salinization for civilizations around the world?
- related to question #12 Using what you learned from lecture and videos,
what have been the effects of modern agricultural techniques on living
soil systems?
Chapter 16
Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20.
- related to question #6 Describe the carbon cycle, and how humans are
influencing it.
- related to question #11 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 #16 According to lecture, why do rainforest biomes
contain the majority of the world's species?