Groundwater flow - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This summary cover the following topics for Grade 12 Geomorphology: Drainage Systems in South Africa • important concepts: drainage basin, catchment area, river system, watershed, tributary, river mouth, source, confluence, water table, surface run-off and groundwater • types of rivers: permanent, periodic, episodic and exotic • drainage patterns: dendritic, trellis, rectangular, radial, centripetal, deranged and parallel • drainage density • stream order • use of topographi...

Building Utilities (Plumbing) Exam Questions and Answers January 28, 1959 -Answer-National Plumbing Code of the Philippines ,prepared by NAMPAP, was promulgated and approved by Malacañang. Also, NAWASA was also created. Alter or Alteration -Answer-Any change, addition, or modification in construction or occupancy. Water Source -Answer-A place where water comes from, especially under the ground. Well -Answer-Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater. ...

Pesticides - Answer- include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, and many other substances used to kill, harm, or repel pests. General Use Pesticides - Answer- may be bought over the counter without a pesticide license. Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - Answer- are a category of products that pose a higher risk to people, animals, or the environment. They can only be purchased by a person with a pesticide license; use requires supervision by a licensed applicator. Pes...

Accumulative Pesticides - Pesticides that build up in the bodies of animals Acetylcholine - A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction air gap - an air space that separates a water supply outlet from a potentially contaminated source annuals - A flowering plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single year or growing season. annuals, biennials, perennials - What Are Three Major Life Cycle Of Plants Aquifer - A body of rock or sediment t...

What is a wetland? What types of areas make up wetlands? - Answer--The term "wetlands" is difficult to define and causes some controversy because of the diversity of wetlands. -Typically wetlands are in a transition zone between uplands and permanently flooded, deep-water habitat. What are the five categories of wetlands and what are the characteristics of each? - Answer-- Marine Wetlands Ocean overlying the continental shelf and shoreline environments - Estuarine Wetlands Mouths of ri...

How long must you keep pesticide records in NYS? : 3 Years What is the 3 tier system? : Certified Applicator, Technician, Apprentice EPA : Environmental Protection Agency NYSDEC : New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Lead Agency in NY) ESA : Endangered Species Act FIFRA 2 | P a g e : Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act SARA Title III : Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (1986). Federal mandate. Requires MSDS - material data safety s...

What does photodecomposition in a plastic bottle do in a landfill or waste dump? - Reduce the amount of waste In a newborn hospital wing humidifiers will? - Need to be cleaned frequently due to bacterial growth on the components What is LEAST effected when contaminated air is found in a hospital? - Air filtered in the morgue. What is the maximum time for industry to generate hazardous waste without a permit? - 90 = large quantity 180 = small quantity What is the best way to prevent ...

Hydrological cycle correct answers System of stores and flows of the water in ecosystem driven by the solar radiation, which can be easily disrupted by human activities Storages correct answers Atmosphere, clouds, organisms, ocean/lake, glacier, groundwater, soil Hydrosphere correct answers All the forms in which the Earth's water can exist Turnover time correct answers Time taken for water to completely replace itself in part of the system, being renewable when replaced yearly or more...

Earth Science 2 Final Exam Prediction Questions 2024. In movie "A Civil Action" (the Woburn groundwater contamination case), children diagnosed with _____________ after their mothers drank water from two polluted wells while they were pregnant. - correct answer leukemia Two of the Woburn's eight municipal drinking water wells were contaminated with __________. - correct answer organic solvents The infiltration of water into the subsurface is the __________ . - correct answer recharge ...

What are stores? - Reservoir where water is held, such as the oceans What are fluxes? - The rate of flow between the stores What are processes? - The physical mechanisms that drive the fluxes of water between stores What is a closed system? - >Fixed amount of water with no external inputs or outputs >Water is continually circulated >The amount of global water is finite and constant >State in which water exists changes (liquid, vapour, ice) and proportions of global water held i...