Hydrosphere II Test Review

The Clean Air Act and The Clean Water Act are laws created by the:

• Local government
• Federal government
• State government
• Industies in the private sector

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What definition BEST describes a watershed?

• An area where water infiltrates the soil

• An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

• An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

• An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

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What is infiltration?

• The process by which water sinks into the ground

• The zone where there are still air spaces left between the particles.

• The process by which water vapor turns into liquid water and forms fog or clouds.

• The process by which water does not sink into the ground, but rather travels along the surface.

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Which soil would have the greatest permeability rate after a rainstorm?

• sand (0.02 cm)

• silt (0.002 cm)

• clay (0.0002 cm)

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Which surface would have the most runoff from it after a rainstorm?

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A place where the water table intersects the ground surface and where a natural flow of groundwater results is called:

• a spring.

• a geyser.

• an aquatard.

• a fissure.

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What is the most common method for removing groundwater?

• a well bored into the zone of saturation

• accessing the water table by use of low-grade explosives

• building a water tower

• damming up a river

What would cause the water table to lower?

• Periods of low precipitation

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of runoff

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

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As permeability increases

• Infiltration decreases and runoff decreases

• Infiltration increases and runoff decreases

• Infiltration decreases and runoff increases

• Infiltration increases and runoff increases

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What is the healthiest combination listed?

• low pH, high nitrates, neutral temperature
• low temperature, neutral pH and low nitrates
• as many nitrates as possible, low temp and low pH
• high temp, high nitrates and high pH

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