Ch 16/17 test

What type of rock structure allows for the easy flow of groundwater due to its interconnected spaces?

• Nonporous

• Low-porosity

• Impermeable

• Permeable

Water that doesn't soak into the ground or evaporate, but flows across Earth's surface is called ____.

• runoff

• groundwater

• impermeable

• none of the above

Tides are caused by ____.

• winds

• gravitational pull

• density currents

• all of the above

Match the following geological terms with their definitions.

• A natural underground space large enough for a human to enter.

• cave

• A place where water naturally flows out of the ground.

• aquifer

• A layer of permeable rock that lets water move freely.

• water table

• The level below which the ground is saturated with water.

• spring

(a)   between the water and air causes the water to move when the wind blows across a body of water.

• Surface Tension

• Viscosity

• Density

• Pressure

What will happen to an object floating in the ocean when waves pass by?

• It will drift towards the shore

• It will stay roughly in the same location

• It will be carried further out to sea

• None of the above

On the side of the road, Jill saw a sign that said “Big Darby Creek Watershed.” What does this mean?

• There is a pond by the sign that stores water when Big Darby Creek floods.

• There is a water tower holding water to add to Big Darby Creek if it is running low.

• All the runoff from the land in that area makes its way to Big Darby Creek.

• Big Darby Creek sheds water into nearby smaller streams.

Wavelength is the horizontal distance between adjacent wave ____.

• particles

• breakers

• crests

• tides

A farmer sprays fertilizer on a field that is many miles from a river. Can traces of that fertilizer be detected in the river? If so, how?

• Yes; it might evaporate off the plants and become part of the rain.

• Yes; if the field is in the watershed for that river.

• No; The plants will absorb all of the fertilizer.

• No; what happens on land that is not right next to the river will not affect the river.

Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?

• Coal

• Oil

• Solar

• Natural Gas