Hydrology & Resources

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as part of the hydrologic cycle?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• infiltration

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Which part of the image of rocks will hold more water?

• Right

• Left

• Center

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In which area would have the lowest rate of groundwater recharge?

• Over the ocean

• Over the mountains

• Over the rainforest

• Over the desert

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What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

• The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration to begin the water cycle

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

• The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

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The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Which states other than Virginia make up the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, Deleware

• New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland

• North Carolina, Georgia, Florida

• Louisian, Texas, Ohio

What is causing the water table to to drop?

• The soil is nonpermeable

• Its didn't rain enough to refill the aquifer causing the water table to drop

• Even though it rained, over use lowered the water table

• A near by river carried all the groundwater away.

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What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

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What would cause the water table to lower?

• Low rate of recharge from precipitation

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of runoff

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

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