Unit 5 Part 2

When deep wells are heavily pumped, one result can be

• decreased groundwater recharge
• spring formation
• a cone of depression
• increased groundwater recharge

Which is used to reduce the impact of timber harvesting?

• tree planting
• selective cutting
• prescribed burns
• mechanized logging

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Water diversion has significantly reduced the size of 

• Lake Erie
• The Aral Sea
• The Nile
• the Baltic Sea

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In the United States, most water is used for

• agriculture
• households
• industry
• tansportation

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Which irrigation method is the most efficient?

• furrow irrigation
• spray irrigation
• flood irrigation
• drip irrigation

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Drought conditions

• can result in increased nutrient cycling
• decrease the severity of flooding
• are rarely affected by human activities
• cause increased erosion

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All of the land that drains into a particular body of water is called a(n):

• watershed
• bedrock
• island
• aquifer

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Type of surface mining that uses explosives, massive shovels, and even larger machinery called drag lines to expose seams of coal underneath

• mountaintop removal
• area strip mining
• contour strip mining
• open-pit mining

Extraction of a metal ore or fuel resource such as coal from a deep underground deposit

• open-pit mining
• contour strip mining
• surface mining
• subsurface mining

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Tailings are

• minerals found in metamorphic rock
• magma ore resulting from seafloor spreading
• the remaining supply of metals on Earth
• the waste material from mining

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