Forms Scored
77 / Class Average
6.0
Question Number / #1 / #2 / #3 / #4 / #5 / #6 / #7 / #8 / #9 / #10
Total # incorrect answers / 26 / 35 / 21 / 20 / 23 / 44 / 26 / 51 / 18 / 37
Fall 2008 THECB Pre and Post Test Physical Geography 1301 results
THECB Fall 2008 GEOG 1301 POST TEST results with no drops or adds includedForms Scored
77 / Class Average
7.2
Question Number / #1 / #2 / #3 / #4 / #5 / #6 / #7 / #8 / #9 / #10
Total # incorrect answers / 28 / 17 / 18 / 8 / 19 / 14 / 23 / 43 / 8 / 30
1. Geography is the study of ______.
a. Place/space
b. Rocks
c. Life
d. People
e. Maps
2. Cartography is the study of ______
a. Landforms
b. Climates
c. Plants & animals
d. Soils
e. Maps
3. Geomorphology is the study of ______
a. Landforms
b. Climates
c. Plants & animals
d. Soils
e. Maps
4. Biogeography is the study of ______
a. Landforms
b. Climates
c. Plants & animals
d. Soils
e. Maps
5. The cause of Earth's seasons is the
a. varying output of the Sun
b. tilt of the Earth’s axis
c. shape of the Earth
d. varying distance between Earth and Sun
e. cold experienced each wintertime
6. Which of the following is NOT a major topic taught in a course of introductory physical geography?
a. climate
b. flora
c. soil
d. landforms
e. population
7. The main impact of ozone on life on the Earth's surface is ______.
a. to provide oxygen for the atmosphere
b. to reduce ultraviolet solar radiation
c. to serve as nucleus for cloud formation
d. to act as a lid preventing gases from escape
e. to initiate violent storms
8. The basic classification of rock types is based on their ______.
a. crystal structure
b. color
c. origin
d. petrology
e. pH
9. The original large continental mass containing all the present continents prior to separation millions of years ago has been named ______.
a. Laurasia
b. Gondwanaland
c. Pangaea
d. Subduction
e. Archipelago
10. The most important natural agent in landscape development is ______.
a. Gravity
b. Ice
c. Volcanism
d. Wind
e. Water