De Anza College- Physical Geography 1
Spring 2001
Chapter 6
Review Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 17, 20, 22, 23.
- What can you personally do to reduce your emissions of greenhouse
gasses?
- related to question #11 - be prepared to answer the same
question about your assigned climate region.
- What are the major controls on climate?
Chapter 15
Review Questions 1, 4, 6, 9, 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, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17,
21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33, 35, 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 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?