Question 1

A stream flowing into a sinkhole is called a ________.

Accepted Answer

disappeari

Question 2

Which one of the following statements is true for an artesian aquifer?

Accepted Answer

A) The water table in the recharge area is at a higher elevation than the top of the aquifer in the subsurface. 
B) Upward flow from a permeable aquitard is prevented by a confining aquifer. 
C) The pressure at any point in the aquifer is considerably less than the weight of the water column between the point and the top of the aquifer. 
D) In deep, stream-cut valleys, many springs are fed from artesian aquifers. 
A) The water table in the recharge area is at a higher elevation than the top of the aquifer in the subsurface. 
B) Upward flow from a permeable aquitard is prevented by a confining aquifer. 
C) The pressure at any point in the aquifer is considerably less than the weight of the water column between the point and the top of the aquifer. 
D) In deep, stream-cut valleys, many springs are fed from artesian aquifers.

Question 3

Water-saturated muds have low permeabilities but can have greater porosities than well-cemented sandstone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Porosity is a measure of the volume of open fracture space in rocks and interstitial space in unconsolidated geologic materials like alluvium and soils.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) spring 
B) aquitard 
C) perched water table 
D) zone of saturation 
A) spring 
B) aquitard 
C) perched water table 
D) zone of saturation

Question 6

The porosity of typical unconsolidated sediments and sedimentary rocks is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) 10-50% 
B) <0.1% 
C) 1-5% 
D) 6-9% 
A) 10-50% 
B) <0.1% 
C) 1-5% 
D) 6-9%

Question 7

The vertical difference between recharge and discharge elevations for groundwater flow is called the hydraulic head.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Warm springs in the eastern United States are mainly heated by igneous rocks below the surface.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What property describes how readily groundwater will flow through a saturated porous material?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What property describes how readily groundwater will...

Question 10

How much groundwater is consumed by drinking it?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How much groundwater is consumed by drinking...

Question 11

What term denotes the percentage of open space or voids in a material?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What term denotes the percentage of open...

Question 12

An aquifer is ________.

Accepted Answer

A) a saturated, porous, and permeable layer or stratum that has high water flow 
B) a layer or stratum in which groundwater flows downward to the water table 
C) an unsaturated bed or stratum below a spring 
D) the best place to dispose of soluble toxic waste 
A) a saturated, porous, and permeable layer or stratum that has high water flow 
B) a layer or stratum in which groundwater flows downward to the water table 
C) an unsaturated bed or stratum below a spring 
D) the best place to dispose of soluble toxic waste

Question 13

What percentage of the Earth's water is in the form of groundwater?

Accepted Answer

A) 97.2% 
B) 94% 
C) 0.6% 
D) 0.03% 
A) 97.2% 
B) 94% 
C) 0.6% 
D) 0.03%

Question 14

Describe a circumstance under which groundwater is a non-renewable resource.

Accepted Answer

use > recharge = water mining,

Question 15

Which reservoir of the hydrosphere would you describe as containing only a small fraction of Earth's freshwater that is well mixed and exchanged continually?

Accepted Answer

A) the atmosphere 
B) lakes and reservoirs 
C) groundwater 
D) soil moisture 
A) the atmosphere 
B) lakes and reservoirs 
C) groundwater 
D) soil moisture

Question 16

Where does the majority of groundwater originate?

Accepted Answer

A) by infiltration from precipitation that falls on the land 
B) by primordial outgassing from magmatic intrusions 
C) it was deposited along with the sediments that contain it 
D) released from minerals undergoing diagenetic and metamorphic dehydration reactions 
A) by infiltration from precipitation that falls on the land 
B) by primordial outgassing from magmatic intrusions 
C) it was deposited along with the sediments that contain it 
D) released from minerals undergoing diagenetic and metamorphic dehydration reactions

Question 17

________ account for the largest usage of groundwater in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) Water for livestock and poultry 
B) Domestic and municipal supplies 
C) Industrial uses 
D) Agriculture and irrigation 
A) Water for livestock and poultry 
B) Domestic and municipal supplies 
C) Industrial uses 
D) Agriculture and irrigation

Question 18

How do we know which direction ground water will flow?

Accepted Answer

A) Dye or chemical tracer tests are required, often requiring multiple wells and months. 
B) It flows perpendicular to the water table contours, in a downhill direction. 
C) It is generally the same as the prevailing wind direction. 
D) It is parallel to local stream flow, just slower. 
A) Dye or chemical tracer tests are required, often requiring multiple wells and months. 
B) It flows perpendicular to the water table contours, in a downhill direction. 
C) It is generally the same as the prevailing wind direction. 
D) It is parallel to local stream flow, just slower.

Question 19

Henry Darcy was ________.

Accepted Answer

A) an engineer for the Hershey Co.who studied the flow of molten chocolate through beds of crushed peanuts (and for whom the Oh Henry candy bar was named) 
B) a hydrogeologist who built caissons on the floor of the Fraser River to provide the first filtered water for the city of Richmond, BC 
C) a French engineer who studied the flow of water in pipes and filter beds to provide a municipal water supply for Dijon, France 
D) an Oxford educated English aristocrat who studied water flow while designing canals in the Midlands for Charles II 
A) an engineer for the Hershey Co.who studied the flow of molten chocolate through beds of crushed peanuts (and for whom the Oh Henry candy bar was named) 
B) a hydrogeologist who built caissons on the floor of the Fraser River to provide the first filtered water for the city of Richmond, BC 
C) a French engineer who studied the flow of water in pipes and filter beds to provide a municipal water supply for Dijon, France 
D) an Oxford educated English aristocrat who studied water flow while designing canals in the Midlands for Charles II

Question 20

The mechanical removal or diminution of unwanted substances such as bacteria, viruses, or mineral turbidity from groundwater is termed ________.

Accepted Answer

A) aqua-cleansing 
B) filtration 
C) derriereation 
D) dolomitization 
A) aqua-cleansing 
B) filtration 
C) derriereation 
D) dolomitization

A stream flowing into a sinkhole is called a ________.

Which one of the following statements is true for an artesian aquifer?

Water-saturated muds have low permeabilities but can have greater porosities than well-cemented sandstone.

Porosity is a measure of the volume of open fracture space in rocks and interstitial space in unconsolidated geologic materials like alluvium and soils.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

The porosity of typical unconsolidated sediments and sedimentary rocks is ________.

The vertical difference between recharge and discharge elevations for groundwater flow is called the hydraulic head.

Warm springs in the eastern United States are mainly heated by igneous rocks below the surface.

What property describes how readily groundwater will flow through a saturated porous material?

How much groundwater is consumed by drinking it?

What term denotes the percentage of open space or voids in a material?

An aquifer is ________.

What percentage of the Earth's water is in the form of groundwater?

Describe a circumstance under which groundwater is a non-renewable resource.

Which reservoir of the hydrosphere would you describe as containing only a small fraction of Earth's freshwater that is well mixed and exchanged continually?

Where does the majority of groundwater originate?

________ account for the largest usage of groundwater in North America.

How do we know which direction ground water will flow?

Henry Darcy was ________.

The mechanical removal or diminution of unwanted substances such as bacteria, viruses, or mineral turbidity from groundwater is termed ________.

An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: The Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

Running Water

Glaciers and Glaciation

Deserts and Winds

Shorelines

Mineral and Energy Resources

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Exam 16: Groundwater

A stream flowing into a sinkhole is called a ________.

Which one of the following statements is true for an artesian aquifer?

Water-saturated muds have low permeabilities but can have greater porosities than well-cemented sandstone.

Porosity is a measure of the volume of open fracture space in rocks and interstitial space in unconsolidated geologic materials like alluvium and soils.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

The porosity of typical unconsolidated sediments and sedimentary rocks is ________.

The vertical difference between recharge and discharge elevations for groundwater flow is called the hydraulic head.

Warm springs in the eastern United States are mainly heated by igneous rocks below the surface.

What property describes how readily groundwater will flow through a saturated porous material?

How much groundwater is consumed by drinking it?

What term denotes the percentage of open space or voids in a material?

An aquifer is ________.

What percentage of the Earth's water is in the form of groundwater?

Describe a circumstance under which groundwater is a non-renewable resource.

Which reservoir of the hydrosphere would you describe as containing only a small fraction of Earth's freshwater that is well mixed and exchanged continually?

Where does the majority of groundwater originate?

________ account for the largest usage of groundwater in North America.

How do we know which direction ground water will flow?

Henry Darcy was ________.

The mechanical removal or diminution of unwanted substances such as bacteria, viruses, or mineral turbidity from groundwater is termed ________.

An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: The Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

Running Water

Glaciers and Glaciation

Deserts and Winds

Shorelines

Mineral and Energy Resources

Filters