Geography 1000 - Course Review Test
Test Schedule:
Date
Friday, December 5
Saturday, December 6
Sunday, December 7
Monday, December 8
Tuesday, December 9
Format:
Time
(10:00-22:00)
(12:00-17:00)
(12:00-17:00)
(10:00-22:00)
(10:00-22:00)
Location(s)
University Hall, B772
University Hall, B772
University Hall, B772
University Hall, E610/E620/E630
University Hall, E610/E620/E630
40 Multiple Choice (2-5 options – most have 4 or 5 options)
Only one answer is correct.
No marks deducted for incorrect answers, unless otherwise indicated.
Sample Questions:
The following questions are included within the test bank from which questions are
selected for your test! Study these questions as you are likely to encounter them.
1. Albedo is highest for:
(a)
asphalt
(b)
the Boreal forest
(c)
grasslands
(d)
new snow
2. The term geoid means:
(a)
egg-shaped
(b)
spherical
(c)
pear-shaped
(d)
spheroidal
(e)
Earth-shaped
3. Identify the correct statement:
(a)
in a high pressure cell air tends to converge and rise
(b)
in a high pressure cell air tends to fall and converge
(c)
in a low pressure cell air tends to converge and rise
(d)
in a low pressure cell air tends to fall and diverge
4.
The Earth and the Sun both emit radiation, but they do so at different wavelengths.
Why?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The Sun has no atmosphere.
The statement above is false.
The Earth is tilted on its axis.
The Sun is bigger than the Earth.
The Sun is hotter than the Earth.
5. The boundary between two unlike air masses is called a(n):
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
inversion.
sublimation zone.
anticyclone.
front.
cyclone.
6. _________ is the short-term condition of the atmosphere compared to _____ which
reflects long-term atmospheric conditions.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
climate, weather
weather, climate
insolation, solar constant
solar constant, insolation
7. The continental crust is mainly ______, while the oceanic crust is mainly ______.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
expanding; contracting
granite; basalt
thinner; thicker
volcanic; sedimentary
8. Chemical weathering is greatest under conditions of
(a)
high mean annual rainfall and high temperature
(b)
low mean annual rainfall and high temperature
(c)
temperatures below freezing
(d)
high temperature and bedrock resistant to physical weathering
9. Pictured below is a photo of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai’i. This volcano, which has a
broad, gentle slope, has slowly achieved great height through eruption of fluid basalt
lava. What type of volcano is this ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
caldera
explosive
composite
cinder
shield
10. When rock strata are strained beyond their ability to remain a unit, displacement
occurs in a process known as:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
folding
faulting
broad warping
stressing
11. Identify the biome described in the following paragraph. “This biome occurs
poleward of 30N, mainly in the northern hemisphere, either in rainshadowed
environments or in locations distant from moisture sources. These areas receive variable
precipitation, ranging from 200-500 mm/yr.”
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Cold Midlatitude Desert
Tundra
Needle-leaf forest
Midlatitude Grasslands
GOOD LUCK !