De Anza College- Physical Geography 1
Spring 2001
Study Guide for the First Midterm
Chapter 1
Review Questions 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18
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What is an isoline (isopleth) and how does it show information on a map?
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related to question #7 explain the role of plants in the cycling of carbon
between the abiotic spheres.
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related to question #18 What are the four ways a map projection can be
distorted?
Chapter 2
Review Questions 10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
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related to question #22 Explain the significance of the following parallels
of latitude - 0, 23.5, 66.5, & 90 degrees.
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related to question #26 Why does the temperature of the atmosphere both
increase and decrease as you go up in altitude?
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related to question #29 Explain how the release of CFCs into the lower
atmosphere destroys ozone in the upper atmosphere.
Chapter 3
Review Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19
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related to question #7 Why is insolation less than the solar constant?
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related to question #18 Why do they give two weather forcasts for the Bay
Area?
Chapter 4
Review Questions 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 22, 23, 24
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related to question #9 Why is there no coriolis effect at the equator?
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related to question #10 What force accounts for the difference between
wind direction near the ground and wind direction at high altitude?
Chapter 5
Review Questions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 26
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related to questions #7 & 8 How is energy transferred from the inside
to the outside of a refrigerator?
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related to question # 26 Why do clouds form well in advance of a warm front,
while a cold front produces clouds just as it arrives?