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This is a source water quiz for Ron Eversole from RSCCD, covering various aspects of water science and water quality. The quiz includes 30 questions and was submitted on November 2, 2021.

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12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Source Water Quiz Results for Ron Eversole Score for this attempt: 90 out of 100 Submitted Nov 2 at 10:53am This attempt took 51 minutes. Question 1 2 / 2 pts What is the normal boiling point of water? 32 oC Correct! 212 oF 212...

12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Source Water Quiz Results for Ron Eversole Score for this attempt: 90 out of 100 Submitted Nov 2 at 10:53am This attempt took 51 minutes. Question 1 2 / 2 pts What is the normal boiling point of water? 32 oC Correct! 212 oF 212 oC 100 oF 32 oF Question 2 2 / 2 pts Which of the following terms refers to a freshwater stream that does not normally contain liquid water a full twelve months out of the year? Heterotrophic https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 1/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Correct! Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Ephemeral Facultative Limnologic Riparian Question 3 2 / 2 pts What change in state is evident in the process of Freezing? Solid to liquid Correct! Liquid to solid Gas to solid Solid to gas Liquid to gas Question 4 2 / 2 pts What is the melting point of water? https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 2/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz 212 oF 32 oC 100 oC 0 oF Correct! 0 oC Question 5 2 / 2 pts The movement of water "uphill" in the Hydrologic Cycle requires Deposition Infiltration Precipitation Correct! Energy Condensation Question 6 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 2 / 2 pts 3/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Over 97% of all the water on Earth is Correct! Saline Artificial Unreachable groundwater Transpired Frozen Question 7 2 / 2 pts The movement of water into or through the soil is known as None of the above Recharge Infiltration Percolation Correct! All of the above https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 4/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Question 8 0 / 2 pts The change in state of a substance from a gas into a liquid is known as Sublimation Deposition rrect Answer Condensation Liquifaction u Answered Evaporation Question 9 2 / 2 pts Which of the following changes of state occurs during the process of sublimation? Gas to liquid Gas to solid Gas to solid Liquid to gas Correct! Solid to gas https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 5/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Question 10 0 / 2 pts The horizontal extent of the impact of an operating well on water levels within an aquifer is called the Pumping water level Drawdown u Answered Water table Piezometric surface rrect Answer Radius of influence Question 11 2 / 2 pts The space between the walls of the drilled well hole and the casing of the well is called the Radius of influence Drawdown Cone of depression https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 6/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Correct! Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Annular space Pumping water level Question 12 2 / 2 pts A term often applied to a pressurized aquifer is Water table Unconfined Elevated Correct! Artesian Subsidence Question 13 2 / 2 pts The safe yield of an aquifer is Correct! The average amount of water that can be withdrawn each year without causing a long-term decline in the static water level https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 7/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Determined by the State Water Resources Control Board Determined by the Department of Public Health The drawdown multiplied by the well's flow rate Variable, depending on rainfall Question 14 2 / 2 pts The surface of the water in an unconfined aquifer is called the Runoff Aquiclude Artesian Deposition Correct! Water table Question 15 2 / 2 pts The soil material in most aquifers is composed of Clay https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 8/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Artesians Springs Igneous rocks Correct! Sand Question 16 2 / 2 pts Another term for "Safe Yield" is Correct! Perennial yield Percolation None of the above Piezometric surface Subsidence Question 17 0 / 2 pts The height to which water will rise in wells located in an artesian aquifer is called the https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 9/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Recharge Drawdown rrect Answer Piezometric surface u Answered Pumping water level Water table Question 18 2 / 2 pts Normally, water levels in the aquifer around an operating well will return to the static water level several minutes after the well has been shut down. This is called Recharge Evapotranspiration Subsidence Runoff Correct! Recovery Question 19 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 2 / 2 pts 10/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz When the water table of groundwater surrounding a stream is higher than the water level in that stream, Ephemeral conditions will exist Flow rate in the stream will decrease Correct! Flow rate in the stream will increase Percolation into the groundwater will increase Water quality in the stream will always deteriorate Question 20 2 / 2 pts A stream that normally has evident surface flows on a yearround basis is called a Aqueduct Intermittent stream Ephemeral stream Constructed stream Correct! Perennial stream https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 11/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Question 21 2 / 2 pts The shoreline and near-shoreline area of a lake is known as the Benthic zone Anaerobic zone Themal zone Correct! Littoral zone Stratified zone Question 22 2 / 2 pts Chemicals that are employed for preoxidation at a surface water treatment plant include Correct! All of the above Ozone Air Potassium permanganate Chlorine https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 12/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Question 23 2 / 2 pts Which of the following factors will influence the amount of runoff? Vegetation cover in the watershed Soil composition and moisture content Rainfall duration Correct! All of the above Rainfall intensity Question 24 2 / 2 pts The spillway of a dam is intended to convey only Flows leaving the hypoliminion of the lake Flows with exceptionally poor water quality Flows leaving the thermocline of the lake Flows into hydroelectric power generation stations https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 13/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Correct! Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Emergency flows Question 25 2 / 2 pts The layer of water that is located nearest the surface of a stratified lake is the Hypolimnion Thermocline Correct! Epilimnion Metalimniom Benthic zone Question 26 2 / 2 pts The middle layer of a stratified lake is called the Epilimnion Transition zone Hypolimnion https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 14/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Hyperlimnion Correct! Thermocline Question 27 2 / 2 pts A technique that is sometimes used to destratify the water in a lake or to prevent stratification is Bar screens Copper sulfate addition Fish screens Preozonation Correct! Aeration Question 28 2 / 2 pts Methemoglobinemia, or blue-baby syndrome, can be caused by the ingestion of Chromium VI https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 15/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Chlorine Correct! Nitrate Fluoride Disinfection by-products Question 29 2 / 2 pts A form of aquatic life that often produces undesirable odors in water supplies is Delta smelt Crustaceans Migratory fish Aquatic mammals Correct! Algae Question 30 2 / 2 pts Which of the following forms of treatment could be successful in converting sea water into drinking water? https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 16/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Activated carbon filtration Lime softening Diatomaceous earth filtration Conventional treatment Correct! Reverse osmosis Question 31 2 / 2 pts Elevated turbidity levels are most commonly associated with Shallow wells Deep lakes Confined aquifers Correct! Rivers and streams Unconfined aquifers Question 32 2 / 2 pts Non-water substances in drinking water are known as https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 17/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Solutes Constituents Correct! All of the above. Parameters Contaminants Question 33 2 / 2 pts The process by which algae and other green plants use sunlight to form chemical energy is Sublimation Infiltration Anaerobic Precipitation Correct! 1. Photosynthesis Question 34 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 2 / 2 pts 18/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Particles in which of the following categories are smallest in size? Correct! Dissolved Particle size is not related to these categorizations. Suspended Colloidal Question 35 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is most susceptible to waterborne disease transmittal? Correct! Streams Shallow wells Artesian aquifers Deep wells Confined aquifers https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 19/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Question 36 2 / 2 pts Groundwater is generally characterized by Presence of waterborne disease Consistent quantity but variable quality Variable quality Variable quantity and quantity Correct! Consistent quality Question 37 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is a unit that is used to measure velocity? cubic centimeters square inches gallons per minute miles per gallon Correct! feet per second https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 20/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz Question 38 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is a unit that is used to measure volume? meters Correct! acre-feet gallons per minute hours feet per second Question 39 4 / 4 pts What is the volume of one acre-foot as expressed in cubic feet? Correct! 43,560 325,829 5,280 7.48 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 21/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz 8.34 Question 40 4 / 4 pts What volume in gallons is equal to one cubic foot? 0.785 8.34 2.31 The number varies with temperature. Correct! 7.48 Question 41 4 / 4 pts The volume of a pipeline has been calculated to be 200,000 cubic feet. How many gallons is this? Correct! 1,496,000 200,000 23,980 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 22/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz 26,738 1,668,000 Question 42 0 / 4 pts A pipeline has a circumference of 94.2 inches. What is the diameter of this pipeline, measured in feet? u Answered 30 7.85 24.7 94.2 rrect Answer 2.5 Question 43 4 / 4 pts A storage tank is 80-feet in diameter and 24-feet tall. What is the area of the tank’s top, as measured in square feet? 20,096 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 23/24 12/18/21, 3:18 PM Ron Eversole's Quiz History: Source Water Quiz 153,600 Correct! 5,024 1,507 1,920 Question 44 4 / 4 pts What is the circumference (in feet) of a circle with a diameter of 2.5 feet? 3.14 Correct! 7.85 2.5 5.00 1.25 Quiz Score: 90 out of 100 https://rsccd.instructure.com/courses/67923/quizzes/492994/history?version=1 24/24

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