Water Properties and Importance
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What is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth?

  • Runoff
  • Percolation
  • Infiltration
  • Precipitation (correct)

    • What is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil?

  • Percolation
  • Infiltration (correct)
  • Interflow
  • Runoff

    • What type of aquifers are trapped between impermeable layers of rock or clay?

  • Groundwater wells
  • Confined aquifers (correct)
  • Artesian wells
  • Unconfined aquifers

    • What is the uppermost border of the aquifer called?

    <p>Water table</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of wells enter unconfined aquifers?

    <p>Water table wells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the transformation of water from solid to liquid called?

    <p>Snowmelt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary mechanism driving drainage in a watershed?

    <p>Gravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the total amount of water diverted or withdrawn from a source?

    <p>Water withdrawal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of water consumption?

    <p>Water used for irrigation that evaporates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary cause of groundwater depletion?

    <p>Sustained groundwater pumping</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is likely to experience water stress?

    <p>Heavily populated countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of overconsumption of water in surface waters?

    <p>Lowering of water levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary pathway that water moves from the liquid state back into the water cycle?

    <p>Evaporation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the loss of water from the soil through evaporation from the soil surface and transpiration from plants?

    <p>Evapotranspiration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What property of water makes it a universal solvent?

    <p>Its ability to dissolve most other substances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the driving force behind the movement of water on Earth?

    <p>Gravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the cycle that treats the storage, transport, and transformation of water in the atmosphere-earth system?

    <p>Hydrologic Cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process by which water moves through a plant and is evaporated from aerial parts?

    <p>Transpiration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary cause of a cone of depression around a groundwater well?

    <p>Excessive consumption of groundwater</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of removing salt from seawater?

    <p>Desalination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of contour plowing and terracing in agriculture?

    <p>To reduce water runoff</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main benefit of using drip irrigation in agriculture?

    <p>Reduced water consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of graywater in water conservation?

    <p>To be used for non-drinking purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of excessive groundwater consumption on the zone of saturation?

    <p>A compression and sinking of the zone of saturation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary effect of too much sediment in water?

    <p>It blocks sunlight from reaching the bottom of a stream, lake, or pond</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is acid pollution?

    <p>Any substance that lowers the pH of water below its normal levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary source of pesticide pollution?

    <p>Agriculture pesticide use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004?

    <p>To protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Safe Drinking Water Act primarily concerned with?

    <p>Setting limits and testing guidelines for contaminants in drinking water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What must utilities do when tests indicate levels of contaminants above acceptable levels?

    <p>Notify customers whenever tests indicate levels above acceptable levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

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