TAKE+HOME+MULTIPLE+CHOICE+TEST

=**Take Home, Open Book Multiple Choice Test 1**= =**Section A: Physical Geography**=


 * Please print and turn in on Monday, May 2, 2011**


 * 1. Where did the elements of matter located in the earth, in life on the earth, and in earth's atmosphere get created?**
 * A. The big bang.**
 * B. In a red giant.**
 * C. In a white dwarf.**
 * D. In a supernova.**
 * E. All of the above.**


 * 2. Which of these features of earth is responsible for life evolving here?**
 * A. Plate tectonics**
 * B. The moon's pull on the oceans.**
 * C. Volcanic outgassing.**
 * D. The distance of the earth from the sun.**
 * E. All of the above.**


 * 3. Which of these is responsible for the curved motion of the atmospheric and oceanic currents?**
 * A. Coriolis Effect**
 * B. El Nino**
 * C. Orthographic precipitation**
 * D. Unequal heating across the earth**
 * E. All of the above.**


 * 4. Biomes, like the long leaf pine forest in the southeastern United States, are a panarchy of cycles at multiple scales.**
 * Which of these concepts describe a phase in a complex adaptive system?**
 * A. A short stage of rapid growth and exploitation of an increase in sunlight.**
 * B. A long, slow accumulation of interconnected biomass.**
 * C. A sudden release of all the carbon stored in a mature system.**
 * D. An opportunity for reorganization and innovation to enter into the system.**
 * E. All of the above.**


 * 5. List these milestones in evolution of life in order.**
 * backbone**
 * cell membrane**
 * childhood**
 * DNA**
 * gill slits**
 * language, abstract thought, art**
 * limbs**
 * multicellular life**
 * notochord**
 * sex**
 * water tight egg**


 * 6. Why did the white people conquer the black and brown people in the 1500s? **
 * A. Racial Superiority**
 * B. Wise Leadership**
 * C. Geographical Luck**
 * D. Military Might**
 * E. All of the above**