GEOL 1500 Final Review
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1. What is the total volume of open space within a rock or C
sediment called?
a. Permeability
b. Gradient
c. Porosity
d. Discharge
e. pressure
2. The interconnectedness of pore space within a rock or E
sediment is called what?
a. Infiltration
b. Gradient
c. Porosity
d. Discharge
e. Permeability
3. Which type of aquifer is least likely to be contaminated B
by surface pollution?
a. Perched aquifer
b. Confined aquifer
c. Unconfined aquifer
d. All have the same risk
e. Aquifers cannot be contaminated by surface pollu-
tion
4. Darcy's Law takes into consideration what variables? A
a. discharge, hydraulic gradient, hydraulic conductivi-
ty, and cross-sectional area
b. length, width, and depth
c. barometric pressure, wind speed, and direction
d. cross-sectional area and velocity
e. hydraulic gradient, discharge, velocity, and time
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5. Which of the following is a potential hazard of pump- E
ing groundwater?
a. regional lowering of the water table
b. saltwater intrusion
c. subsidence
d. locally changing groundwater flow direction
e. all are potential hazards
6. Karst topography forms predominately in what kind of A
rock.
a. Limestone
b. Sandstone
c. Granite
d. Metamorphic
e. Shale
7. When the ground surface drops below the potentio- B
metric surface, what may exist?
a. Karst topography
b. Artesian well
c. A perched water table
d. A cone of depression
e. A sink hole
8. What conditions would lead to the fastest relative C
groundwater velocity?
a. low hydraulic gradient & high porosity
b. low hydraulic gradient & high permeability
c. high hydraulic gradient & high permeability
d. high hydraulic gradient & low permeability
e. high hydraulic gradient & high porosity
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ar1zcr
1. What is the total volume of open space within a rock or C
sediment called?
a. Permeability
b. Gradient
c. Porosity
d. Discharge
e. pressure
2. The interconnectedness of pore space within a rock or E
sediment is called what?
a. Infiltration
b. Gradient
c. Porosity
d. Discharge
e. Permeability
3. Which type of aquifer is least likely to be contaminated B
by surface pollution?
a. Perched aquifer
b. Confined aquifer
c. Unconfined aquifer
d. All have the same risk
e. Aquifers cannot be contaminated by surface pollu-
tion
4. Darcy's Law takes into consideration what variables? A
a. discharge, hydraulic gradient, hydraulic conductivi-
ty, and cross-sectional area
b. length, width, and depth
c. barometric pressure, wind speed, and direction
d. cross-sectional area and velocity
e. hydraulic gradient, discharge, velocity, and time
, GEOL 1500 Final Review
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ar1zcr
5. Which of the following is a potential hazard of pump- E
ing groundwater?
a. regional lowering of the water table
b. saltwater intrusion
c. subsidence
d. locally changing groundwater flow direction
e. all are potential hazards
6. Karst topography forms predominately in what kind of A
rock.
a. Limestone
b. Sandstone
c. Granite
d. Metamorphic
e. Shale
7. When the ground surface drops below the potentio- B
metric surface, what may exist?
a. Karst topography
b. Artesian well
c. A perched water table
d. A cone of depression
e. A sink hole
8. What conditions would lead to the fastest relative C
groundwater velocity?
a. low hydraulic gradient & high porosity
b. low hydraulic gradient & high permeability
c. high hydraulic gradient & high permeability
d. high hydraulic gradient & low permeability
e. high hydraulic gradient & high porosity
