Quiz about Groundwater and Landscapes review

Question 1

Which measures the water's ability to flow through rock and sediment?

Accepted Answer

permeability

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fluidity

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viscosity

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porosity

Question 2

The amount of space between the rocks in an aquifer is called what?

Accepted Answer

Porosity

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Permeability

Answer

Big

Question 3

Which drainage pattern?

Accepted Answer

radial

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trellis

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rectangular

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dendritic

Question 4

Which drainage pattern?

Accepted Answer

rectangular

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trellis

Answer

dendritic

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radial

Question 5

Which drainage pattern?

Accepted Answer

trellis

Answer

rectangular

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dendritic

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radial

Question 6

Which drainage pattern?

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dendritic

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trellis

Answer

rectangular

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radial

Question 7

Which letter shows TRANSPIRATION?

Accepted Answer

E

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A

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C

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D

Question 8

Poorly sorted soil...

Accepted Answer

has low porosity

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has high porosity

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has high pore space

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means water will move through quickly

Question 9

Well sorted soil...

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has high porosity

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has low porosity

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has low pore space

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means water will move through slowly

Question 10

Porosity refers to...

Accepted Answer

% of pore space in a material

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the shape of the particles

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The sorting of the particles

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% of cement in a material

Question 11

If porosity is low then permeability is ______________.

Accepted Answer

low

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high

Question 12

The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer.

Accepted Answer

permeability

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porosity

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gradient

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divide

Question 13

Rain soaks into the ground

Accepted Answer

Infiltration

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Condensation

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Throughflow

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Surface runoff

Question 14

The ability for water to flow through rocks and sediments.

Accepted Answer

permeability

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porosity

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percolation

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infiltration

Question 15

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

Accepted Answer

Choice 4

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Choice 1

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Choice 2

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Choice 3

Question 16

What is the relationship between soil type/particle size and permiability (as shown by the bar graph below)?

Accepted Answer

The larger the particle size, the faster the permeability rate

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The larger the particle size, the slower the permeability rate

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The smaller the particle size, the faster the permeability rate

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There is no relationship between particle size and permeability

Question 17

Impermeable materials...

Accepted Answer

have little to no pores.

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have an abundance of pores.

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let water in.

Question 18

If water can easily move between cracks of a rock, we can say that...

Accepted Answer

rock is permeable

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water is permeable

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rock is impermeable

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water is impermeable

Question 19

Water flows through permeable materials ____ than impermeable materials.

Accepted Answer

faster

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slower

Question 20

If porosity is low then permeability is

Accepted Answer

low

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high

Question 21

The amount of space between sediment is called ...

Accepted Answer

porosity

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permeability

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evaporation

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condensation

Question 22

What is permeability?

Accepted Answer

The ability to allow water to flow through

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The amount of space between particles

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The ability to hold water

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The number of openings in your face

Question 23

What is porosity?

Accepted Answer

The amount of space between particles

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The number of particles in a sample

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The number of openings in your face

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The ability to allow water to flow through

Question 24

The ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.

Accepted Answer

larger

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more mixed

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smaller

Question 25

A soil sample with a large amount of space between the particles will have a

Accepted Answer

High Porosity

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Low permeability rate

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High capillarity

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Low infiltration rate

Question 26

If particle size decreases permeability

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decreases

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increases

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stays the same

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It could increase or decrease

Question 27

Be sure you can use pages 2 & 3 of reference tables to identify plains, mountains and plateaus!

Accepted Answer

I do!

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