GEOG 1111: Physical Geography
Summer 2012
Exam 3 Study Guide
*** Attach the Strange Days on Planet Earth video sheet ***
I. Identify:
1. Soil
2. Residual parent material
3. Transported parent material
4. Loess
5. Glacial drift
6. alluvium
7. weathering
8. Leaching
9. O soil horizon
10. A soil horizon
11. Dust Bowl
12. Sediment sink
13. Endangered species
14. Threatened species
15. Strippled studfish
16. White fringeless orchid
17. Piedmont barren strawberry
18. Red-cockaded woodpecker
19. Eastern indigo snake
20. Gopher tortoise
21. Ota Benga
22. Integrated conservation development projects
23. Landscape ecology
24. SLOSS
25. Silviculture
26. Yellowstone
27. Preservationist School
28. Wise-Use School
29. National Parks Movement
30. New Deal
31. Cambium
32. Phloem
33. Xylem
34. Commons
II. Short Answer:
35. Give the fertility characteristics of the following soil-forming regimes:
a. Tropical rain forest
b. Grassland soil
c. Desert soil
d. Temperate deciduous soil
e. Polar soils
36. Name and describe the 5 threats to soil resources
37. How are soil resources linked to the carrying capacity of the Earth?
38. Name and described the 5 threats to soil resources.
39. Soil erosion in the US creates direct and indirect costs. What are these?
40. How is coastal sedimentation impacting the world’s coral reefs?
41. Name and describe the 5 most vulnerable species we discussed in class.
42. What is the broader problem regarding species protection?
43. Why were Africans sometimes put on display with other primate in zoos during the 1800s
and early 1900s?
44. Explain the importance of corridors
45. Name some reasons why people would grow trees.
46. What is the mission statement of the USDA Forest Service? The Park Service?
47. Why is it important to have healthy populations of soil microbes in the soil?
48. What are the 4 ways in which vegetation can impact the atmosphere?
49. We discussed 8 major forestry issues in class. Describe them.
50. Explain the “Tragedy of the Commons”. Give some examples of Common areas.
51. What are the Earth’s 5 life support systems?
52. Describe 2 of the approaches to environmental policy.