De Anza College- Physical Geography 1
Winter 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 2
Review Questions 10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30
- related to question #22 Explain the significance of the following parallels
of latitude - 0, 23.5, 66.5, & 90 degrees.
- related to question #26 Why does the temperature of the atmosphere
both increase and decrease as you go up in altitude?
Chapter 3
Review Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19
- related to question #7 Why is insolation less than the solar constant?
- 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
- related to question #9 Why is there no coriolis effect at the equator?
- 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
- related to question #7 How is energy transferred from the inside to
the outside of a refrigerator?
- 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?
Chapter 7
Review Questions 1, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20
related to question #15 Why do some artesian wells require no pumping
to bring the water to the surface?