Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Arbogast, Discovering Physical Geography, 3rd Edition
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1. Geography is
a) a recent scientific discipline studying the tectonic plates of the Earth and their movements over
time.
b) the study of rocks and their formation and differentiation on the surface of the Earth.
c) the discipline of creating maps devoted to the features and structure of the Earth.
d) an ancient discipline examining the spatial attributes of the Earth’s surface and how they differ
from one place to another.
e) 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
,2. Within the field of geography, most geographers consider themselves to be either a(n)
a) physical or human specialist.
b) marine or soil specialist.
c) field or data specialist.
d) regional or political specialist.
e) 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
3. Physical geography contains the subfields of
a) climatology, scientology, geology, hydrology, and ecology.
b) climatology, biology, sociology, hydrology, and geology.
c) climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydrology, and soils.
d) biology, anthropology, sociology, hydrology, and soils.
e) 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
4. Spatial analysis is used by
a) physical geographers.
b) cultural geographers.
c) historical geographers.
d) all of these.
e) 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
5. In physical geography the term process broadly refers to
a) a series of actions that turn one thing into another thing.
, b) a series of actions that can be measured and that produce a predictable end result.
c) the steps necessary to go from an initial condition to the final product.
d) the steps involved in changing a starting landscape into a different landscape.
e) 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
Bloomcode: Knowledge
6. In physical geography the processes we talk about are fundamentally products of the energy
a) that flows from the Sun to the Earth.
b) from the heat of the Earth’s interior.
c) of plate tectonics.
d) from the greenhouse effect.
e) 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
Course Title: Arbogast, Discovering Physical Geography, 3rd Edition
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1. Geography is
a) a recent scientific discipline studying the tectonic plates of the Earth and their movements over
time.
b) the study of rocks and their formation and differentiation on the surface of the Earth.
c) the discipline of creating maps devoted to the features and structure of the Earth.
d) an ancient discipline examining the spatial attributes of the Earth’s surface and how they differ
from one place to another.
e) 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
,2. Within the field of geography, most geographers consider themselves to be either a(n)
a) physical or human specialist.
b) marine or soil specialist.
c) field or data specialist.
d) regional or political specialist.
e) 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
3. Physical geography contains the subfields of
a) climatology, scientology, geology, hydrology, and ecology.
b) climatology, biology, sociology, hydrology, and geology.
c) climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydrology, and soils.
d) biology, anthropology, sociology, hydrology, and soils.
e) 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
4. Spatial analysis is used by
a) physical geographers.
b) cultural geographers.
c) historical geographers.
d) all of these.
e) 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
5. In physical geography the term process broadly refers to
a) a series of actions that turn one thing into another thing.
, b) a series of actions that can be measured and that produce a predictable end result.
c) the steps necessary to go from an initial condition to the final product.
d) the steps involved in changing a starting landscape into a different landscape.
e) 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
Bloomcode: Knowledge
6. In physical geography the processes we talk about are fundamentally products of the energy
a) that flows from the Sun to the Earth.
b) from the heat of the Earth’s interior.
c) of plate tectonics.
d) from the greenhouse effect.
e) 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
