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Question #1
Which of the following facilitated the interchange of animals between the Nearctic and Palearctic regions?
A.
The formation of the Rocky Mountains
B.
The drifting of the continents
C.
The Bering Land Bridge
D.
The melting of ice at the end of the Ice age
E.
The ice of the Arctic Ocean
Question #2
Dead plant parts are known as ________ when they accumulate on the surface of the soil.
A.
organic debris
B.
humus
C.
microorganisms
D.
litter
E.
nutrients
Question #3
Which of the following is NOT a difference between plants and animals?
A.
Plants are more prominent than animals on the landscape.
B.
Plants have been more important to geographic study than have animals.
C.
Plants can fix solar energy into chemical form and animals cannot.
D.
Animals tend to be mobile and plants are not.
E.
Animals need nutrients and plants do not.
Question #4
Humus has a consistency not unlike that of ________.
A.
sponges
B.
rock
C.
putty
D.
roast beef
E.
gelatin
Question #5
Both steppe and tundra vegetation zones have ________ in common.
A.
absence of trees
B.
temperate regimes
C.
prevalence of tornadoes
D.
enormous average annual temperature range
E.
coastal location
Question #6
Which of the following plant types is herbaceous?
A.
Hardwood
B.
Deciduous
C.
Grasses
D.
Evergreen
E.
Softwood
Question #7
According to the concept of vertical zonation, changes in ________ are the counterpart of changes in altitude.
A.
latitude
B.
soil
C.
slope angle
D.
longitude
E.
precipitation
Question #8
The world zoogeographic regions map includes ONLY ________ animals.
A.
big game
B.
exotic
C.
wild
D.
domesticated
E.
feral
Question #9
The richest assemblage of flora and fauna outside the tropics are in the ________ biome.
A.
desert
B.
Mediterranean woodland and shrub
C.
tundra
D.
midlatitude forest
E.
boreal forest
Question #10
Among layers of the soil horizon, the one with the most organic material is ________.
A.
O
B.
A
C.
C
D.
R
E.
B
Question #11
The measure of a soil's capacity to hold water and air is called ________.
A.
foaminess
B.
permeability
C.
porosity
D.
its profile
E.
peds
Question #12
The classic example of the effects of the environment on a species is shown by the ________ on a fox.
A.
length of tail
B.
size of ears
C.
color of eyes
D.
color of fur
E.
size of snout
Question #13
No other element of the physical landscape has been so transformed and rearranged by human interference as the ________.
A.
soil
B.
water
C.
glaciers
D.
air
E.
plants
Question #14
Parent material is closely associated with which soil-forming factor?
A.
Geologic
B.
Chronological
C.
Climatic
D.
Biological
E.
Topographic
Question #15
Bird populations have been shown to be sensitive indicators of climate change because they are ________.
A.
highly mobile
B.
long-lived
C.
susceptible to flying into buildings
D.
small
E.
obvious in the environment due to being beautiful
Question #16
Vegetation growing alongside streams is termed ________.
A.
motile
B.
ubac
C.
riparian
D.
endothermic
E.
adret
Question #17
After the rainforest is cleared for agriculture, the most typical occurrence is that ________.
A.
the soils soon lose their fertility
B.
the biotic diversity is increased
C.
fertilization is unnecessary for many years
D.
the country's standard of living increases
E.
high agricultural yields occur for many years
Question #18
Concerning natural vegetation, which of the following is true?
A.
It does not influence microclimate.
B.
It does not reflect subtle variations in environmental parameters.
C.
It has not influenced human settlement.
D.
It is usually exerts an overall negative influence on human society.
E.
It has, worldwide, been heavily disturbed by humans.
Question #19
Most soil development takes place ________.
A.
on scales of time longer than human life spans
B.
within years
C.
within days
D.
within seconds
E.
within hours
Question #20
________ is (are) one of the features distinguishing mammals from ALL OTHER animal groups.
A.
Milk production
B.
Toenails
C.
Warm blood
D.
Eyelids
E.
Tongues
Question #21
The boundary between middle latitude forest and middle latitude grassland is most closely related to the concept of the ________.
A.
ecosystem
B.
food pyramid
C.
biome
D.
food chain
E.
ecotone
Question #22
The biome stretching along the coastline of the Arctic Ocean is the ________.
A.
Boreal Forest
B.
Desert
C.
Tundra
D.
Savanna
E.
Tropical rainforest
Question #23
________ is a form of symbiosis in which there is a two-way beneficial relationship between organisms.
A.
Mutualism
B.
Communalism
C.
Parasitism
D.
Commensalism
E.
Competition
Question #24
A vegetation type dominated by coniferous needle-leaf evergreen trees is the ________. biome.
A.
midlatitude deciduous forest
B.
desert
C.
savanna
D.
boreal forest
E.
tundra
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