Unit 40 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

The infiltration rate depends upon all of the following except:
a) soil characteristics
b) type of vegetation cover
c) slope of surface
d) air temperature
e) the rate depends on all of these factors

Question 2:

Water is _____ in the centre of a channel than at the banks of the channel.
a) faster
b) slower
c) no different
d) more measurable
e) less measurable

Question 3:

The volume of water passing through a cross-section of a river's channel is its:
a) runoff
b) velocity
c) discharge
d) infiltration rate
e) flow rate

Question 4:

The lower zone of groundwater is known as the:
a) zone of aeration
b) zone of saturation
c) vadose zone
d) hydroscopic zone
e) zone of hydration

Question 6:

The water table is located at the top of the:
a) zone of aeration
b) vadose zone
c) phreatic zone
d) lower aquiclude
e) upper hydration zone

Question 7:

Springs are usually formed when the downward percolation of water is stopped by an aquiclude.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

An artesian well is simply a hole dug in the ground that penetrates the water table.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

A surface stream that emerges above the surface is called an aquifer.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

A confined aquifer usually lies between two aquicludes.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Hot springs are generally located above buried magma chambers.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

If rain isn't able to reach the ground because it has fallen on vegetation, this is known as interception.
a) True
b) False

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