De Anza College- Physical Geography 1

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 Why do clouds form well in advance of a warm front, while a cold front produces clouds just as it arrives?

Chapter 6

Review Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 8, 9, 10, 11, 14

• related to question #9 Why do some artesian wells require no pumping to bring the water to the surface?
• related to homework #2 What is MTBE, and why is it being phased out?