Test Bank for Exploring Physical Geography, 3rd Edition 2024 Release by Stephen Reynolds

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Chap 01 2024 Release 3e
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) What type of geographers concentrate on studying landforms and processes on Earth’s
surface and in the oceans and atmosphere, and how they affect life?
1) ______
A) Human geographers
B) Physical geographers
C) Religious geographers
D) Historical geographers

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Bloom's : 1. Remember
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Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > What type of geographers concentrate...



2) Which of the following is a feature of what physical geographers study?
2) ______
A) The impacts of spatial distributions of the natural environment on people.
B) The processes that created and changed the spatial distributions of natural features.
C) The interconnections between different aspects of the natural environment.
D) Physical geographers study all these.

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Bloom's : 1. Remember
Evergreen Release : Updated 2024
Gradable : automatic
Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > Which of the following is a feature of ...




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,3) Which of the following topics of study would best incorporate the holistic perspective?
3) ______
A) The impact of political policies on soil erosion
B) The examination of soil grains under a microscope to identify the amount of pore
space between grains
C) The degree to which soil particles expand when they are wet and contract when they
dry out
D) The identification of the soil type from a sample collected in the field

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Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > Which of the following topics of study
would...



4) Geography is
4) ______
A) a natural science.
B) a social science.
C) both a natural and a social science.
D) neither a natural nor a social science.

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Bloom's : 1. Remember
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Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > Geography is




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,5) The spatial perspective that distinguishes geography from other fields of study means
5) ______
A) geographers use computers only after they examine maps.
B) geographers examine how the spatial features affect and are affected by non-spatial
issues.
C) geographers use field work to report results.
D) geographers do not need to follow the scientific method when they solve research
problems.

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Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > The geographic perspective that
distinguishes...



6) In looking at the steepness of a slope, which of the following would a geographer be able to
determine about that area?
6) ______
A) the ethnicity of the human settlement which may have lived on the slope
B) the type of rock that might be present to form the soil
C) how far the location is from the equator
D) the strength of the wind at the location

Question Details
Accessibility : Screen Reader/Keyboard/CC
Bloom's : 2. Understand
Evergreen Release : Updated 2024
Gradable : automatic
Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > In looking at the steepness of a slope, which of
the...




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, 7) The relationship between mountains and precipitation can be generalized by saying
7) ______
A) mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in summer but less precipitation in
winter than the surrounding lowlands.
B) mountaintops tend to have more precipitation in winter but less precipitation in
summer than the surrounding lowlands.
C) mountaintops generally experience more precipitation than the surrounding lowlands.
D) mountaintops generally experience less precipitation that the surrounding lowlands.

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Bloom's : 2. Understand
Gradable : automatic
Section : 01.01 What Is Physical Geography?
Topic : What is Physical Geography
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > The relationship between mountains...



8) The conceptual basis of geographic questions involves the notion that
8) ______
A) the location of an object affects other features in the natural environment, but not the
human environment.
B) the location of an object is affected by other features in the natural environment, but
not the human environment.
C) the location of an object affects, and is affected by, other features in both the natural
and human environment.
D) the location of an object is unique and largely unaffected by other features in both the
natural and human environment.

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Bloom's : 2. Understand
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Section : 01.02 How Do We Investigate Geographic Questions?
Topic : Investigating Geographic Questions
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank: The Nature of Physical Geography > The conceptual basis of geographic...




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