Package Title: Testbank

Package Title: Testbank

Course Title: Arbogast, Discovering Physical Geography, 3rd Edition

Chapter Number: 01

Question Type: Multiple Choice

• Geography is

• a recent scientific discipline studying the tectonic plates of the Earth and their

movements over time.

• the study of rocks and their formation and differentiation on the surface of the Earth.
• the discipline of creating maps devoted to the features and structure of the Earth.
• an ancient discipline examining the spatial attributes of the Earth’s surface and how

they differ from one place to another.

• the classification and categorization of rock, sediment, and soils and their characteristic

landforms.

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: 1.1 Comprehend the character and scope of Geography as a

scientific discipline.

Section Reference 1: The Scope of Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• Within the field of geography, most geographers consider themselves to be either a(n)

• physical or human specialist.
• marine or soil specialist.
• field or data specialist.
• regional or political specialist.
• animal or human specialist.

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: 1.1 Comprehend the character and scope of Geography as a

scientific discipline.

Section Reference 1: The Scope of Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• Physical geography contains the subfields of

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• climatology, scientology, geology, hydrology, and ecology.
• climatology, biology, sociology, hydrology, and geology.
• climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydrology, and soils.
• biology, anthropology, sociology, hydrology, and soils.
• biology, geomorphology, sociology, hydrology, and soils.

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: 1.1 Comprehend the character and scope of Geography as a

scientific discipline.

Section Reference 1: The Scope of Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• Spatial analysis is used by

• physical geographers.
• cultural geographers.
• historical geographers.
• all of these.
• none of these.

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 1: 1.1 Comprehend the character and scope of Geography as a

scientific discipline.

Section Reference 1: The Scope of Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• In physical geography the term process broadly refers to

• a series of actions that turn one thing into another thing.
• a series of actions that can be measured and that produce a predictable end result.
• the steps necessary to go from an initial condition to the final product.
• the steps involved in changing a starting landscape into a different landscape.
• the way a thing works.

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 2: 1.2 Define the sub disciplines of physical geography.

Section Reference 2: Defining Physical Geography 2 / 4

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• In physical geography the processes we talk about are fundamentally products of the

energy

• that flows from the Sun to the Earth.
• from the heat of the Earth’s interior.
• of plate tectonics.
• from the greenhouse effect.
• absorbed by the ozone layer.

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 2: 1.2 Define the sub disciplines of physical geography.

Section Reference 2: Defining Physical Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• Which of the following is (are) not directly related to the flow of solar radiation?

• circulation of the atmosphere
• distribution of vegetation
• movement of water in the air, in streams, and collection in lakes
• all of these
• none of these

Answer: e

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 2: 1.2 Define the sub disciplines of physical geography.

Section Reference 2: Defining Physical Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• Who monitors the gaging stations in the United States?

a) U.S. Geological Survey

b) U.S. Forest Service

c) U.S. Department of the Transportation

d) U.S. Department of Parks and Recreation

e) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Answer: a

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Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 2: 1.2 Define the sub disciplines of physical geography.

Section Reference 2: Defining Physical Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• A gaging station measures the

• purity of the water in a stream.
• quality of water in a stream.
• number of fry in a stream.
• amount of vegetation in a stream.
• quantity of water in a stream.

Answer: e

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 2: 1.2 Define the sub disciplines of physical geography.

Section Reference 2: Defining Physical Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• Humans are considered part of the

• atmosphere.
• lithosphere.
• hydrosphere.
• biosphere.
• none of these.

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective 2: 1.2 Define the sub disciplines of physical geography.

Section Reference 2: Defining Physical Geography

Bloomcode: Knowledge

• This sphere is composed of many critical components essential to life, such as

oxygen, carbon, water, and nitrogen in vapor or gaseous form.

• atmosphere
• lithosphere
• hydrosphere
• biosphere
• none of these
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