Principles of Geography Spring 2018 Second Test While this test is open book, it

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Principles of Geography Spring 2018 Second Test While this test is open book, it is not a group test- no sharing information with other test takers *To ensure you have answered all the questions, put your answers in the blanks provided_ * No electronic versions of this test will be accepted-write your answers on this paper test. ? If you leave the classroom during the test, leave your test in the classroom. * This test must be finished in one session- it cannot be resumed later 1. The existence of different biomes in different regions is mainly the result of different a topographies b. soil types c. human impacts d. climates 2. The South American continent falls within this zoogeographic region. a. Nearctic b. Palearctic c. Ethiopian 3. Which of these climates would be driest in a typicall year? a. Subtropical Steppe b. Humid Subtropical c. Marine West Coast d. Tropical Savanna 4. What is a "mollisol"? a. a heavily weathered and extensively leached mid-latitude forest soil, characteristic of the American South b. a soil order characteristic of the mid-latitude steppes, relatively fertile and dark in color c. a coniferous forest soil of the high latitudes, one of the soil orders d. an incompletely developed soil order 5. Both granitic and basaltic parent materials are capable of producing sand particles in soils derived from them. b. false 6. About 90% of this ocean is below the Equator a. the Pacific b. the Atlantic c. the Indian d. the Arabic 7. Which is the shallowest ocean in the world? a. Indian b. Arctic c. Pacific d. Atlantic 8. The most weathered and leached of all soils are the: a. alfisols b. inceptisols c aridisols d. oxisols 9. Why is the state of Florida particularly likely to experience sinkholes? a. it has mostly fossil aquifers b. it has mostly artesian wells c. corrosive nature of seawater d. it is underlain with limestone bedrock -10. The main influence on young soils is: a. parent material b. climate C. topography d. slope aspect 11. It can be said that along all the fronts in a middle latitude cyclone: a. warm air sinks b. warm air rises c. precipitation is unlikely d. the pressure is high

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1. Soil types 2. Neotrpical 3. Tropical Sarvanna 4. A heavily weathered and extensively leached mid latitude forest soil, characteristics of the American South 5. True 6. The Pacific 7. Arctic 8. Oxisols 9. It is underlain with limestone bed rocks 10. Climate 11. The pressure is high

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