Geography Mock Exam
Course Introduction
Geography is the study of the Earth's landscapes, environments, and the relationships between people and their environments. This course explores both physical geography, which examines natural features and processes such as landforms, climate, and ecosystems, and human geography, which investigates how human culture interacts with the natural world, including topics such as urban development, population patterns, and globalization. Students will develop spatial awareness, analytical skills, and a deeper understanding of the complex connections between places, people, and the planet.
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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) Of the following, the map projection that would be most useful for comparing the sizes of regions is the:
A)Mercator projection
B)Goode projection
C)Winkel Tripel projection
D)none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Longitude is the arc of a meridian between the equator and a given point on the globe.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A value of zero degrees latitude occurs at the:
A)north pole
B)south pole
C)equator
D)prime meridian
Answer: C
Q4) Lines of longitude are called _______.
Answer: meridians
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Chapter 2: The Earths Global Energy Balance
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Q1) In the southern hemisphere mid-latitudes, the sun will reach its highest position in the sky on the:
A)June solstice
B)vernal equinox
C)December solstice
D)autumnal equinox
Answer: C
Q2) The flow of solar radiation from the sun to the earth as a whole:
A)varies throughout the day
B)varies from day to night
C)varies seasonally
D)is constant
Answer: D
Q3) On a clear day, about ____ of insolation is absorbed by gas molecules and dust before reaching the ground.
A)42%
B)24%
C)17%
D)3%
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Air Temperature
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Q1) _______ flows from warmer to colder objects.
A)Latent heat
B)Sensible heat
C)Net radiation
D)insolation
Answer: B
Q2) Temperature decreases with elevation in the stratosphere.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Minimum daily temperatures usually occur about a half hour after _______.
Answer: sunrise
Q4) Locations near the equator experience two peaks in annual insolation that coincide with the equinoxes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q5) The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere that contains the ozone layer is called the ________.
Answer: stratosphere
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Chapter 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
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Q1) All of the following terms are associated with the global hydrologic cycle EXCEPT:
A)condensation
B)weathering
C)precipitation
D)evaporation
Q2) Precipitation that flows on the land into streams and rivers and then eventually to lakes and oceans is known as:
A)runoff
B)the water table
C)groundwater flow
D)infiltration
Q3) A gray cloud layer in contact or near the ground is called
A)stratocumulus
B)altocumulus
C)cumulus
D)fog
Q4) ________________________ process is a heating or cooling process that occurs solely as a result of a pressure change within the air parcel.
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Chapter 5: Global Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
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Q1) Rossby waves form along the:
A)polar front
B)tropical high pressure belt
C)equatorial easterlies
D)none of the above
Q2) The Santa Ana is a local wind that can exacerbate wildfires in southern California.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Geostrophic winds are found at:
A)low latitudes
B)high latitudes
C)low elevations
D)high elevations
Q4) In a cyclone located in the northern hemisphere winds:
A)converge in a clockwise direction
B)converge in a counterclockwise direction
C)diverge in a clockwise direction
D)diverge in a counterclockwise direction
Q5) Explain how and why a sea breeze occurs.
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Chapter 6: Weather Systems
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Q1) Weak cyclones are associated with little more than a period of cloud cover and light precipitation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In an anticyclone:
A)descending air is warmed adiabatically
B)rising air is warmed adiabatically
C)descending air is cooled adiabatically
D)rising air is cooled adiabatically
Q3) A front that involves lifting a warm air mass completely off the ground is a(n)________ front.
Q4) Cyclonic storms tend to include
A)strong winds
B)precipitation
C)cloudiness
D)all of the above
Q5) Thunderstorms are associated with unstable air.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe and compare cold and warm fronts.
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Chapter 7: Global Climates and Climate Change
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Q1) The precipitation pattern of the monsoon and trade-wind coastal climate is:
A)wet year round
B)dry year round
C)summer wet
D)winter wet
Q2) Climographs show at least two variables of climate such as monthly average temperature and precipitation for a location.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which air mass does not play a major role in the dry mid-latitude climate?
A)mE
B)cP
C)mT
D)none of the above
Q4) Which of the following precipitation regimes generally has a dry summer?
A)moist continental
B)marine west coast
C)Mediterranean
D)Asiatic monsoon
Q5) Describe and explain the characteristics of the tundra climate.
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Chapter 8: Earth From the Inside Out
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Q1) Which element is the most abundant in Earth's crust?
A)silicon
B)iron
C)calcium
D)oxygen
Q2) _____ and silicon are the two most common elements in Earth's crust.
Q3) What hypothesis is Alfred Wegener known for, and what evidence supported his hypothesis?
Q4) What are the three families of rocks? How does each of these families differ?
Q5) The process of rock metamorphism affects which of the following?
A)sedimentary rocks
B)igneous rocks
C)metamorphic rocks
D)all of these
E)none of these
Q6) Sedimentary rock is the parent rock for all rock types.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What are the four requirements necessary to classify a solid material as a mineral?
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Chapter 9: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
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Q1) Tsunamis are only generated by earthquakes. Only earthquake tsunamis are discussed in Ch9 so students might believe this as true.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following geologic structures has the youngest rocks in the middle?
A)syncline
B)anticline
C)fault
D)craton
E)dome Was young vs. old discussed? If the syncline is a river basin can't the structure be the same age as a nearby anticline?
Q3) Which of the following best describes a bend or a warpwave-like structures caused by crustal compression? in a layered rock?
A)fold
B)flank
C)fault
D)tension
E)axis
Q4) What is the primary difference between a normal fault and a reverse fault?
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Chapter 10: Weathering and Mass Wasting
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Q1) Explain the similarities and differences between root wedging and frost wedging.
Q2) Define weathering and describe the two primary mechanisms involved.
Q3) A _______ is any mass-wasting process that involves a flowing motion of regolith containing water and/or air in its pores.
Q4) Chemical weathering is most effective in environments with:
A)high annual rainfall and high mean annual temperatures.
B)low annual rainfall and low mean annual temperatures.
C)low annual rainfall and high mean annual temperatures.
D)high annual rainfall and low mean annual temperatures
Q5) Which of the following is most critical to weathering processes?
A)salt
B)oxygen
C)water
D)nitrogen
E)lava
Q6) Joint planes form as a result of an increase in pressure.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Discuss the difference between earthflow and creep.
Q8) What role does climate play in weathering?
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Chapter 11: Fresh Water of the Continents
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Q1) In many parts of the world, one of the primary uses of surface water is to help produce electric power.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Late summertime base flow in a stream is typically maintained by:
A)rainfall
B)snowmelt
C)groundwater discharge
D)evaporation
E)high tide
Q3) The process in which water has condensed in the atmosphere and falls back to Earth is known as __________.
A)transpiration
B)evaporation
C)precipitation
D)condensation
E)infiltration
Q4) Eutrophication can occur when sewage and fertilizers are introduced into a lake.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Land-Forms Made by Running Water
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Q1) When streams are just able to move the amount of sediment that they receive, they are said to be __________.
A)incising
B)graded
C)aggrading
D)dry
Q2) __________ are places you would expect to find depositional landforms:
A)Mountain peaks
B)Canyon mouths
C)Canyon Rims
D)Regions composed of competent bedrock
Q3) Which of the following stream conditions would be most conducive to the formation of a waterfall?
A)meandering stream
B)dry stream
C)ungraded stream
D)graded stream
Q4) The Mississippi River is a good example of a braided stream.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Landforms Made by Wind and Waves
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Q1) The steepest portion of a desert sand dune is on the __________ side.
A)windward
B)top
C)bottom
D)flanks
E)leeward
Q2) The lifting and removal of sand grains in low arcs by wind is termed __________, while the wearing down of an exposed surface by the action of wind blown sand sized particles is described as ____________.
A)abrasion; cohesion
B)cohesion; deposition
C)deposition; deflation
D)deflation; saltation
E)saltation; abrasion
Q3) Corals have a symbiotic relationship with ___________.
Q4) The process by which wave energy pulls material back down the shoreface after the swash is referred to as ____________.
Q5) A long, narrow, sandy island lying offshore and parallel to a lowland coast is a___________.
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Chapter 14: Glacial and Periglacial Landforms
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Q1) When the amount of melting equals the amount of accumulation, the glacier is in equilibrium and is
A)advancing
B)retreating
C)stationary
D)stagnant
Q2) Soil, regolith, and bedrock at a temperature that remains below 0°C (32°F)on a perennial basis is the catalyst that can produce:
A)glaciers
B)permafrost
C)gelifluction
D)tarns
Q3) Till plains are poor for agricultural productivity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Yosemite Falls in California would be an example of a _____________________.
Q5) The last glacial episode ended about 18,000 years ago.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ___________________ is small lake found at the bottom of a cirque.
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Chapter 15: Global Soils
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Q1) The soil order occurring in isolated areas with a very high organic content is the:
A)aridisol
B)histosol
C)mollisol
D)inceptisol
Q2) Spodosols are often called peat or muck.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Soil acidity can be reduced by treating with:
A)lime
B)quartz
C)carbon
D)hydrogen or aluminum
Q4) A mixture of particle sizes is called:
A)loam
B)sand
C)clay
D)silt
Q5) ___________ are mineral soils without distinct horizons.
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Chapter 16: Biogeographic Processes
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Q1) The transfer of energy in levels through an ecosystem is called:
A)photosynthesis
B)biomass
C)food web
D)decomposers
Q2) Organisms that feed on decaying matter from all levels are:
A)primary producers
B)secondary consumers
C)primary consumers
D)decomposers
Q3) Biomass is a better measure of productivity than is net primary productivity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The total amount of new carbohydrate placed in storage is:
A)gross photosynthesis
B)respiration
C)chloroplasts
D)net photosynthesis
Q5) The first stage of succession is the _____________stage.
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 large grazing animals such as wildebeests and their predators, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals are BEST associated with:
A)savanna
B)grassland
C)tundra
D)desert
Q2) The needleleaf forest is associated with:
A)southeastern United States and China
B)Spain, Italy, and Greece
C)central Canada
D)Indonesia and Brazil
Q3) Destruction of tropical rainforests increases rainfall and lowers temperatures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Chaparral is associated with:
A)monsoon forest
B)sclerophyll forest
C)the southern pine forest
D)needleleaf forest
Q5) ____________ is the largest recognizable subdivision of terrestrial ecosystems.
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