Water Problem Set

On Earth as a whole, what happens to most of the precipitation?

• It recharges the soil deficit

• It becomes runoff and moves to the oceans

• It is stored in the soil as capillary water

• It is returned tot he atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration

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The primary source of moisture for the local water supplies is

• potential evaporation and transpiration

• actual evaporation and transpiration

• ground water storage

• precipatation

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The soils in field B would have a higher rate of permeability if the soils

• had lower porosity

• had a steeper surface slope

• were composed of larger rock particles

• were compacted by machinery travelling over a field

If the skies remain clear for the week following this rain, the water in the shallow wet zone in field B will

• mostly become surface runoff

• partially evaporate into the air

• all remain as stored water along the surface

• mostly transpire into the ground

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What word best describes the rainwater through zone A?

• runoff

• saturation

• infiltration

• precipitation

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Which event is a direct result of evaporation and transpiration?

• The atmosphere warms

• Cloud cover decreases

• Moisture enters the atmosphere

• Moisture leaves the atmosphere

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Which graph best illustrates the relationship between the slope of the land and the amount of surface runoff?

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A rock with a high porosity will probably

• be resistant to weathering

• be composed of larger grains

• have a larger percentage of space between particles

• have a small percentage of rounded particles

Soil with the greatest porosity has particles that are

• poorly sorted and densely packed

• poorly sorted and loosely packed

• well-sorted and densely packed

• well-sorted and loosely packed

Which graph best represents the relationship between soil permeability rate and infiltration when all other conditions are the same?

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