GEOGRAPH 220 Quiz 1
Italy and Japan are countries that have moved into the 5th stage of the demographic transition.
True
False
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most commonly found?
along tectonic plate boundaries
in the higher latitudes
Around the equator
At the edges of oceans
The location is random.
Anthropogenic pollution is caused by
climate.
Anthropologists.
rocks.
People.
Animals.
Culture is learned.
True
False
Why were China, Brazil and India exempt from meeting emissions reductions in the Kyoto Treaty?
Because they were given an extra five years to meet reductions
. Because they argued that most pollution was created by already industrialized countries
because they are not major polluters
Because the United States would not sign the treaty
In the Demographic Transition, birthrates and death rates are both high in Stage 1.
True
False
What are potential benefits of volcanoes?
tourism
Ash enriches soil fertility
Using geothermal activity to generate energy
Tourism, increased soil fertility and geothermal energy
According to your text's authors, globalization is the most fundamental reorganization of the planet's social and economic structures since the Renaissance.
True
False
If the greenhouse effect did not exist, what would happen to earth?
Earth would be too cold to support life as we know it.
Our environment would be greatly improved.
Earth would be too wet to support life as we know it.
Earth would be much too hot to support life as we know it.
It would make no difference.
Scale is not a synonym for size when used by geographers.
True
False
Computer models predict that average global temperatures will increase by
10°F.
3°F.
4°F.
-2°F.
1°F.
If all climatic controls except latitude were held constant, which of these cities would be warmest?
Cape Town, South Africa at about 34° south latitude
Singapore at about 2° north latitude
Wasilla, Alaska at about 61° north latitude
Paris, France at about 49° north latitude
Punta Arenas, Chile at about 53° south latitude
What is El Niño?
The president of Mexico
A political party in Peru
A distinctive weather pattern
a lake in Nicaragua
The highest peak in the Andes Mountains
What substance accounts for more than half of the human-generated greenhouse gases?
Nitrous oxide
. methane
Chlorofluorocarbons
Carbon dioxide
Ozone
Which of these is not a regional scale?
National
Global
Individual
Local
Which of the following is NOT one of Earth's climate controls?
Anthropogenic systems
Incoming solar energy
Global pressure systems and wind patterns
Latitude
Interaction between land and water
The trapping of solar radiation in Earth's lower atmosphere
began with humans' use of fossil fuels.
Is entirely anthropogenic.
has no benefits.
is called the greenhouse effect.
Began with humans' use of fossil fuels and has no benefits.
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