Lab Quiz #2

Question 1

A map that has a large denominator and covers a bigger area of land

Answer 1

small scale map

Question 2

A map that has a small denominator and covers a smaller area of land

Answer 2

large scale map

Question 3

a ___ line connects points of equal elevation

Answer 3

contour lines

Question 4

surface relief features

Answer 4

topography

Question 5

the difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines

Answer 5

contour interval

Question 6

contour lines are drawn in _____ intervals

Answer 6

convenient

Question 7

the acquisition and recording of information by devices that are not in contact with the Earth’s surface is referred to as

Answer 7

remote sensing

Question 8

what was the only form of remote sensing until the last few decades

Answer 8

aerial photography

Question 9

a photo taken from an elevated platform. Ex: balloon, airplane, rocket, satellite

Answer 9

aerial photography

Question 10

aerial photographs can either be

Answer 10

oblique or vertical

Question 11

____ photographs are taken at less than 90 degrees and you can see features from a particular point of view

Answer 11

oblique

Question 12

_____ photographs are best for measuring the earths features

Answer 12

vertical

Question 13

vertical photographs are taken with the camera lens ____

Answer 13

perpendicular to the earth’s surface

Question 14

_____ is the science of obtaining reliable measurements from aerial photography

Answer 14

photogrammetry

Question 15

____ is two vertical overlapping aerial photographs will produce a three dimensional appearance

Answer 15

stereogram

Question 16

____ are the most significant kind of storm found in the tropics and subtropics

Answer 16

hurricanes

Question 17

hurricanes average about ___ miles in diameter

Answer 17

350

Question 18

hurricanes have very steep

Answer 18

pressure gradients

Question 19

the release of latent heat that is originally absorbed by air during the evaporation of ocean water in the tropics is fuel for

Answer 19

hurricanes

Question 20

hurricanes lose strength over

Answer 20

cool water and land

Question 21

wildfires occur on every continent except

Answer 21

antartica

Question 22

____ can be instrumental at creating and maintaining some of the biomes

Answer 22

wildfires

Question 23

what are the fire dependent biomes (4)

Answer 23

TrS, MGr, MBME, MSh

Question 24

___ is necessary for fire to occur and spread

Answer 24

fuel

Question 25

shrubs, grasses, trees, and slash are all ___ for wildfires

Answer 25

fuel

Question 26

vegetation of varying ____ can make it easy for fires to climb from grasses to shrubs to trees

Answer 26

height

Question 27

the spread of fire depends on what 4 factors

Answer 27

1. Fuel
2. Weather
3. Topography
4. Fire Behavior

Question 28

many ____ plants incase their seeds in pods that open only with the intense heat of fire

Answer 28

chaparral

Question 29

chaparral vegetation is some of the most _____ in the entire world

Answer 29

flammable

Question 30

_____ vegetation depends on fire for maintenance and reproductive success

Answer 30

chaparral

Question 31

California’s vegetation needs fire but the problem is

Answer 31

people living in these places