Question 1

All of the following are problems associated with overdrawing groundwater EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Land subsidence 
B) Increased infiltration 
C) Lowering of the water table 
D) Aquifer depletion 
A) Land subsidence 
B) Increased infiltration 
C) Lowering of the water table 
D) Aquifer depletion

Question 2

The Colorado River Compact:

Accepted Answer

A) is a 1922 agreement that stipulates an annual allotment of 7.5 million acre-feet of water each to the upper Colorado (Colorado,Utah,and Wyoming)and the lower Colorado (California,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico). 
B) because it underestimated the average annual flow of the Colorado River,and it locked that estimate into the multistate agreement,most states today overdraw to keep up with the actual flow of the river. 
C) is a 1992 agreement that stipulates how states in the upper Colorado (Colorado,Utah,and Wyoming)and the lower Colorado (California,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico)must conserve and share water between the industrial,agricultural,and municipal (domestic)sectors. 
D) is threatened by population growth in the upper Colorado (Colorado,Utah,and Wyoming)but fortunately low population growth in the lower Colorado (California,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico)has kept basic purpose of the Compact (to conserve Colorado water)intact. 
A) is a 1922 agreement that stipulates an annual allotment of 7.5 million acre-feet of water each to the upper Colorado (Colorado,Utah,and Wyoming)and the lower Colorado (California,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico). 
B) because it underestimated the average annual flow of the Colorado River,and it locked that estimate into the multistate agreement,most states today overdraw to keep up with the actual flow of the river. 
C) is a 1992 agreement that stipulates how states in the upper Colorado (Colorado,Utah,and Wyoming)and the lower Colorado (California,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico)must conserve and share water between the industrial,agricultural,and municipal (domestic)sectors. 
D) is threatened by population growth in the upper Colorado (Colorado,Utah,and Wyoming)but fortunately low population growth in the lower Colorado (California,Nevada,Arizona,and New Mexico)has kept basic purpose of the Compact (to conserve Colorado water)intact.

Question 3

What is probably the BEST way for industry to reduce water waste

Accepted Answer

A) Decrease industrial production 
B) Increased irrigation use 
C) Switching to dry production of industrial goods 
D) Reuse and recycle wastewater on site 
A) Decrease industrial production 
B) Increased irrigation use 
C) Switching to dry production of industrial goods 
D) Reuse and recycle wastewater on site

Question 4

What is the largest ground water deposit in the world called

Accepted Answer

A) The Aral Sea. 
B) The Mississippi Basin. 
C) The Great Lakes. 
D) The Ogallala Aquifer 
A) The Aral Sea. 
B) The Mississippi Basin. 
C) The Great Lakes. 
D) The Ogallala Aquifer

Question 5

How does BOD relate to dissolved oxygen and result in fish kills

Accepted Answer

A) BOD oxygen is a form that fish do not take up through their gills,so fish die when BOD is high. 
B) BODs are organisms that produce toxins that kill fish,dissolved oxygen increases when there are fewer fish using oxygen. 
C) BOD is the amount of oxygen used by microorganisms,when it is high there is not enough oxygen left for fish and they die. 
D) Fish cannot live in BOD sewage and they die,oxygen decreases with fewer fish present 
A) BOD oxygen is a form that fish do not take up through their gills,so fish die when BOD is high. 
B) BODs are organisms that produce toxins that kill fish,dissolved oxygen increases when there are fewer fish using oxygen. 
C) BOD is the amount of oxygen used by microorganisms,when it is high there is not enough oxygen left for fish and they die. 
D) Fish cannot live in BOD sewage and they die,oxygen decreases with fewer fish present

Question 6

Which of the following water resource problem does NOT reflect reality

Accepted Answer

A) Mexico is facing the most serious water shortages of any country in the Western Hemisphere - the aquifers that supply water to Mexico City and the agricultural state of Guanajuato are dropping rapidly. 
B) In China water supplies are precarious due to population pressures - for example water table levels are dropping and river water diversion projects for irrigation are depriving downstream areas of water. 
C) Three-fourths of the world's 200 or so major watersheds are shared between at least two nations,thus face management issues associated with their shared use. 
D) All of these choices. 
A) Mexico is facing the most serious water shortages of any country in the Western Hemisphere - the aquifers that supply water to Mexico City and the agricultural state of Guanajuato are dropping rapidly. 
B) In China water supplies are precarious due to population pressures - for example water table levels are dropping and river water diversion projects for irrigation are depriving downstream areas of water. 
C) Three-fourths of the world's 200 or so major watersheds are shared between at least two nations,thus face management issues associated with their shared use. 
D) All of these choices.

All of the following are problems associated with overdrawing groundwater EXCEPT:

The Colorado River Compact:

What is probably the BEST way for industry to reduce water waste

What is the largest ground water deposit in the world called

How does BOD relate to dissolved oxygen and result in fish kills

Which of the following water resource problem does NOT reflect reality

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Exam 10: Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution

All of the following are problems associated with overdrawing groundwater EXCEPT:

The Colorado River Compact:

What is probably the BEST way for industry to reduce water waste

What is the largest ground water deposit in the world called

How does BOD relate to dissolved oxygen and result in fish kills

Which of the following water resource problem does NOT reflect reality

The Environmental Challenges We Face

Sustainability and Human Values

Environmental History, Politics, and Economics

Risk Analysis and Environmental Health Hazards

How Ecosystems Work

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Human Population Change and the Environment

Air and Air Pollution

Global Atmospheric Changes

The Ocean and Fisheries

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Land Resources

Agriculture and Food Resources

Biodiversity and Conservation

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Nonrenewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Resources

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