Environmental Science Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary field that explores the interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, and examines how human activities impact natural systems. This course covers key topics such as ecosystems, biodiversity, pollution, climate change, resource management, and sustainability. Students will analyze current environmental issues, evaluate scientific data, and consider ethical, economic, and policy perspectives in addressing environmental challenges. Through labs, case studies, and real-world examples, learners will develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to contribute to environmental conservation and sustainable development.
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Visualizing Physical Geography 2nd Edition by Timothy Foresman
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Chapter 1: Discovering the Earths Dimensions
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Q1) Without standardized time zones, every meridian could be at a different time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A map projection that accurately portrays the size of different areas on the earth's surface, but distorts the shape, is the:
A)Mercator projection
B)Goode projection
C)Winkel Tripel projection
D)none of the above
Answer: B
Q3) If you walked directly north or south, you would:
A)be following a meridian
B)be following a parallel
C)be following an equinox
D)none of the above
Answer: A
Q4) Daylight Savings Time gives us an extra hour of daylight during the _______ months.
Answer: summer
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Chapter 2: The Earths Global Energy Balance
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Q1) Clouds can absorb as much as _______ of incoming solar radiation.
A)3-20%
B)25-40%
C)45-60%
D)65-80%
Answer: A
Q2) On average, the Earth reflects about _______ of the solar radiation it receives back to space.
A)1/10
B)1/5
C)1/3
D)1/4
Answer: C
Q3) The electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Earth is __________ radiation. Answer: longwave
Q4) The process in which incoming solar radiation is deflected in different directions by atmospheric molecules and particles is called scattering.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Air Temperature
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Q1) On a warm summer day, latent heat transfers will tend to:
A)cool the ground surface
B)warm the ground surface
C)cool the near ground air
D)warm the near ground air
Answer: A
Q2) The daily temperature range tends to decrease as elevation increases, at a given latitude.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Identify and explain the three major factors that control global air temperature patterns.
Answer: Latitude controls the total annual insolation received at a location, and the seasonal variability in insolation levels. Proximity to major water bodies reduces seasonal temperature variability, while continental locations far from water bodies experience the most extreme annual temperature ranges. At locations with higher elevations, such as mountain ranges, temperatures are cooler due to the lower air density and decreased greenhouse properties of the atmosphere.
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Chapter 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
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Q1) All thunderstorms require rising air.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When there is the maximum number of water vapor molecules in the air at a particular temperature, we say that the air is saturated.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Groundwater is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which cloud sometimes produces thunder and lightning?
A)cirrostratus
B)cumulonimbus
C)cirrus
D)Nimbostratus
Q5) Dew-point is the temperature at which:
A)evaporation rates are most effective
B)temperature at which air holds the maximum amount of water vapor
C)condensation rates are minimized
D)clouds will produce snowfall
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Chapter 5: Global Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
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Q1) Which of the following is not part of Hadley cell circulation?
A)subtropical high pressure belts
B)the ITCZ
C)the westerlies
D)none of the above
Q2) Rossby waves form along the:
A)polar front
B)tropical high pressure belt
C)equatorial easterlies
D)none of the above
Q3) The magnitude of the Coriolis force is largest at the:
A)poles
B)mid-latitudes
C)tropics
D)equator
Q4) The magnitude of the Coriolis force:
A)increases with latitude
B)decreases with latitude
C)is unaffected by latitude
Q5) The _______ is a device that measures atmospheric pressure.
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Chapter 6: Weather Systems
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Q1) Tropical cyclones only form over:
A)oceans warmer than 32 C
B)oceans warmer than 26.5
C)oceans warmer than 22
D)land
Q2) Traveling anticyclones tend to be found in the mid-latitudes, associated with ridges or domes of clear, dry air.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In an anticyclone, rising air is warmed adiabatically so there is little condensation and skies tend to be mostly clear.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The center of a tropical cyclone is known as the:
A)funnel
B)eye
C)vortex
D)core
Q5) Define tornados and describe the conditions under which they occur.
Q6) Explain how air masses are classified.
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Chapter 7: Global Climates and Climate Change
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Q1) Weather systems in the mid-latitudes usually move from:
A)west to east
B)east to west
C)north to south
D)south to north
Q2) Wet equatorial climates have large amounts of precipitation every month, but there is some seasonal variability associated with the migration of the ITCZ.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The wet equatorial precipitation regime is characterized by:
A)a dry summer
B)a dry winter
C)dry conditions all year round
D)moist conditions all year round
Q4) The dry subtropical climate is:
A)a poleward extension of the dry tropical climates
B)characterized by wetter summers
C)not strongly influenced by the subtropical high pressure cells
D)none of the above
Q5) Explain the three main climate groups.
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Chapter 8: Earth From the Inside Out
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Q1) How is clastic sedimentary rock formed?
Q2) ___________ divides most ocean basins roughly in half.
A)abyssal plain
B)continental shelf
C)oceanic trench
D)midoceanic ridge
E)island chains
Q3) Metamorphic rock may form from preexisting metamorphic rock.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Rocks are classified according to how they are formed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Mid-Ocean Ridge is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Pangea is the name of the supercontinent proposed by Harry Hess.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is an oceanic plate and how does it relate to a continental plate?
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Chapter 9: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
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Q1) Magma is able to rise upward through the Earth's crust because it is less dense than the surrounding rocks.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Richter scale is used to express the:
A)magnitude of an earthquake
B)distance of an earthquake from a seismograph
C)intensity of an earthquake maybe use "damages caused by an earthquake" Intensity is too close to magnitude
D)depth of an earthquake
Q3) The 2011 earthquake in Japan was one of the largest (in magnitude)in recorded history.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A __________ fault is where compressional activity results in a fault in which the block on top of the fault moves up and over the block of rock below.the crust on one side rides up over the other.
Q5) What is the primary difference between a normal fault and a reverse fault?
Q6) What causes a volcano formed by a hot spot to stop forming?
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Chapter 10: Weathering and Mass Wasting
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Q1) Where rock is subject to great pressure from overlying and surrounding rocks, the associated squeezing and twisting as a result of tectonic forces causes what?
A)faults
B)crystals
C)sedimentary layers
D)joints
Q2) Weathering of slate tombstones occurs as a result of dissolution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ is the process where oxygen and water react with metallic elements in minerals, making the minerals unstable and causing the rock to degrade in strength and eventually crumble into smaller particles.
Q4) The splitting of rocks due to the repeated freezing and thawing is known as root wedging.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the primary difference between mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?
Q6) The process where minerals react chemically with water is called _______.
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Chapter 11: Fresh Water of the Continents
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Q1) __________ refers to the amount of void space in a rock.
Q2) The hydrologic cycle does not include atmospheric processes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Stalactites are carbonate deposits that commonly occur on the floors of caves.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The water table is located at the top of the zone of saturation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A __________ is a topographic high that separates adjacent drainage basins.
A)spring
B)reservoir lake
C)delta
D)divide
E)gradient
Q6) ____________ is the drainage pattern that resembles a tree branch and usually goes more in a random direction compared to any of the other type of patterns.
Q7) What is the difference between the saturated zone and the unsaturated zone?
Q8) Most fresh water is actually found in __________ across the globe.
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Chapter 12: Land-Forms Made by Running Water
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Q1) Characteristic features of __________ include cut banks and point bars.
A)meandering streams
B)aggrading streams
C)braided streams
D)straight streams
Q2) When an oxbow lake evaporates, it is called a:
A)cutoff
B)meander scar
C)meander remnant
D)cut bank
Q3) Any recently deposited sediment is referred to as an alluvial fan.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A stream's capacity may decrease as a result of which of the following factors?
A)decreasing the amount of solid debris without increasing stream discharge
B)decreasing the slope of the stream bed
C)increasing the discharge of the stream
D)increasing both the amount of debris and the stream discharge
Q5) The suspended and dissolved sediment and bed load carried by a stream is collectively known as the stream's __________.
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Chapter 13: Landforms Made by Wind and Waves
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Q1) A ____________ may result from the suspension of fine particles of sediment by wind over significant distances.
A)ventifact
B)desert pavement
C)dust storm
D)sand dune
E)gravel bar
Q2) Wave energy is concentrated in bays, not headlands.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Foredunes are critical to the preservation of the integrity of many beaches, but they must maintain ______________ on their surfaces to remain stable.
A)vegetation
B)water
C)sunlight
D)coral
E)steep slopes
Q4) Long, narrow ridges oriented parallel with the direction of the prevailing wind are known as ______________ dunes.
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Chapter 14: Glacial and Periglacial Landforms
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Q1) One important hypothesis about the cause of the recent Ice Age involves:
A) astronomical hypothesis
B)burning of fossil fuels such as coal by prehistoric Indians reduced insolation
C)the weight of the continents flipped the earth over and caused a climatic chain reaction
D)vegetation became lighter in color and absorbed less energy
Q2) Define a cirque. Discuss how and where a cirque forms.
Q3) When intersecting cirques carve away the mountain, narrow, sharp ridges called what are formed?
A)arêtes
B)medial moraines
C)lateral moraines
D)eskers
Q4) The last major glaciations era that occurred in North America was known as the
Q5) Loess is a type of till.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Sharp ridges in between two corresponding cirques are known as
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Chapter 15: Global Soils
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Q1) Decomposing organic matter that remains recognizable is the soil layer called:
A)A
B)O
C)O
D)E
Q2) Soils that naturally are poor in fertility and able to sustain crops for only several years are:
A)mollisols and alfisols
B)alfisols and aridisols
C)oxisols and ultisols
D)mollisols and histosols
Q3) Soil is composed of solid, liquid, gaseous, and living matter.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The highest level of the Soil Classification System of the United States Soil Conservation Service is the soil orders.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain how soil texture is determined and named.
Q6) Define humus, explain where it is found, and explain how it affects soil color.
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Chapter 16: Biogeographic Processes
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Q1) Define the food web. Discuss the relationship between the number of organisms near the bottom and the number at the top. Explain the reason for this pattern.
Q2) In the past four centuries, botanist estimate the number of species that have become extinct is nearest to:
A)200
B)600
C)1200
D)1600
Q3) The position an organism occupies within a food web is known as the _________ level.
Q4) Respiration is an example of carbon fixation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One species feeding on another is BEST called:
A)allelopathy
B)predation
C)mutualism
D)protocooperation
Q6) What is biodiversity? Cite three ways that biodiversity is important.
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Chapter 17: Global Biogeography
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Q1) The forest that grows in areas of continuous warm temperatures and abundant precipitation every month is the:
A)mid-latitude deciduous forest
B)sclerophyll forest
C)needleleaf forest
D)low-latitude rainforest
Q2) Since humans took up agriculture, the Earth's forests have been diminishing through the process of _____________.
Q3) Tall, closely spaced trees with a continuous thick and multi-layered canopy and thick surface roots are characteristic of the:
A)mid-latitude deciduous forest
B)needleleaf forest
C)sclerophyll forest
D)low-latitude rainforest
Q4) Low-latitude rainforest is found in:
A)Brazil, Indonesia, and central Africa
B)Saudi Arabia, central Australia, and northern Africa
C)Ethiopia and Kenya
D)ALL of these
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