Surface and Groundwater

The groundwater in a certain area is being pumped out to provide drinking water. What must happen for the water table to remain unchanged?

• The rate of discharge must equal the rate of recharge.

• The rate of discharge must be less than the rate of recharge.

• The rate of discharge must be greater than the rate of recharge.

• The rate of discharge must fluctuate less than the rate of recharge.

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Which of the following is used to calculate a stream’s discharge?

• the distance its water travels over time

• the volume of water that flows over time

• the amount of sediment it carries over time

• The amount of dissolved minerals it carries over time

Which type of soil can retain the greatest amount of water?

• one that has low porosity

• one that has high porosity

• one that has low permeability

• one that has high permeability

The diagram below shows a body of water below Earth’s surface. To what does the “X” in the diagram refer?

• divide

• a floodplain

• a watershed

• a water table

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Which of the following characteristics of a watershed would act to reduce erosion?

• large floodplain areas

• soil with a high porosity

• a large number of lakes

• channels with a low gradient

High ground between two watersheds.

• Channel

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

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Smaller stream that feeds into a river.

• Channel

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

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Fresh water is found where on our Earth?

• Lakes, Rivers, and Streams

• Underground

• Both A and B

• Neither A or B

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The path that a stream or river flows.

• Channel

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

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__________ is an area of rock or sediment that allows water to flow underground. 

• Precipitation

• Aquifer

• Drainage basin

• Divide

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