Basic soil science
EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED 100%
SOLUTIONS
Which of the following is not true with respect to the global hydrologic cycle?
a. Fresh liquid water is not evenly distributed globally.
b. More than 97% of the global water is contained in the oceans.
c. The "water war" among AL, FL and GA is due to disagreement how to share their
common water. - ANSWER all of these are true
true or false: Watershed is the area of land where all of the water under it or drain off of
it goes into the same place. - ANSWER true
The largest liquid freshwater is contained in ____________ globally. - ANSWER
groundwater
The approximate residence time for a water molecule in the cloud is... - ANSWER 10
days
In the water balance equation, if precipitation, evapotranspiration and water discharged
in a given watershed are 1250, 700 and 150 cm, respectively, the amount of water
stored in the soil will be - ANSWER 400 cm