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HYDROLOGY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERDS 2024.

Ch 8 Geology Exam Questions And Answers Hydrolic cycle Continuous movement of water from the oceans to the atmosphere and then from the atmosphere to the land and then from the land back to sea How is the precipitation that falls on the land calculated The sum total of evaporation, transpiration, runoff and infiltration Transpiration The release of water vapor by vegetation Infiltration A portion of precipitation that falls on land that soaks into the ground Runoff When...

LUOA Earth Science Module 3 Test Review (2022/2023) Already Passed Conventional oil a power source of fuel that provides lots of energy but burning it releases carbon dioxide, green house, and other oil pollution Benefit: High energy yield 2 recycled metals aluminum and copper Advantages of Solar Energy it is free, net energy is not too high, quick installments, no carbon dioxide admission, very low air and water pollution, and very low land disturbance Disadvantages of Solar Energy it needs ...

Evapotranspiration - transpiration is responsible for 10% of moisture in the atmosphere Streamflow - water that is in the drainage basin will leave via the atmosphere such as evaporation or through streams Flows in the carbon cycle consumption

SWMP - Correct Answer Stormwater Management Plan ESCP - Correct Answer Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) - Correct Answer First significant water pollution act. Focused primarily on two items: 1. Gave the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service authority to prepare programs for reducing interstate water pollution and improve the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters. 2. Gave the Federal Works Agency (FWA) authority t...

Accuracy - ANSWERthe closeness of observations, computations, or estimates to the true values or to values accepted as being true. Aerial - ANSWEROf, or pertaining to, or occuring in the air or atmopshere algorithm - ANSWERa statement of the steps to be followed in the solution of a problem; may be in the form of a word description, an explanatory note, or a labeled diagram or flowchart. Alluvium - ANSWERany material deposited by running water; the soil material of floodplains and alluv...

NR 504 Exam 2 Questions with Answers 2023 Water Quality - CORRECT ANSWER Specific characteristics of water defined within the context of its intended use Polluted Water - CORRECT ANSWER When impurities in water are sufficient to render the water as unacceptable for its intended use Compensation Point - CORRECT ANSWER Depth where photosynthesis equals respiration (below this depth photosynthetic organisms can't survive) Limnology - CORRECT ANSWER Study of lakes Lake Formation Me...

James River Flood The photo on the right shows the James River in Richmond, Virginia at flood stage, looking upriver from the Robert E. Lee bridge. The photo was taken on November 1986. Both bridges have since been relaced; as of June 2020, the Richmond City Council is debating whether the Robert E. Lee Bridge should be renamed.  What is happening in this picture? o The James river is flooding  What makes the water so brown? o The erosion, and has a higher silt composition ...

Hydrology for Engineers Solved Problems

The four main areas studied in earth science: correct answers geology astronomy meteorology ecology (GAME) Define general question/ problem correct answers develop a question that can be solved through experimentation Define hypothesis correct answers prediction of a possible answer to the problem Define independent variable correct answers a factor intentionally varied by the experimenter Define dependent variable correct answers a factor that may change as a result of the independe...