De Anza College- Physical Geography 1
Spring 2001
Chapter 6
Review Questions 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, 24.
- What can you personally do to reduce your emissions of greenhouse gasses?
Chapter 8
Review Questions 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.
- related to questions #20 & 21 and Ch.9 #25 & 26 The most powerful
earthquakes and explosive volcanoes are associated with what type of plate
boundary?
- related to question #23 How can you tell the Pacific plate's movement
changed direction about 40 million years ago?
Chapter 9
Review Questions 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25,
26.
related to question #19 The Loma Prieta Earthquake was centered southwest
of San Jose. Why were most of the fatalities located so far away in San
Francisco and Oakland?
Chapter 15
Review Questions 1, 4, 6, 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, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22,
25, 26, 33, 37.
- related to question #16 According to the video Web of Life,
what is the significance of a 'keystone' species?
- related to question #6 According to the video Web of Life, describe
the relationship between roots and fungi. Is it parasitic or symbiotic?
- related to question #13 Describe the carbon cycle, and how humans are
influencing it.
- related to question #17 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 #25 According to the video Web of Life, how
much do we know about the ecology and individual species of the rainforest
biome?