Stormwater Management Exam #1 with
108 correct answers.
Stormwater Management Exam #1 with
108 correct answers.
Relative humidity is ________________. - ANSWER- Actual vapor pressure divided by
saturation vapor pressure
Vapor pressure deficit is _________________ - ___________________. - ANSWER-
Saturation vapor pressure, actual vapor pressure
Plants use _______ to _________ times their body weight in water - ANSWER-
200,900
Solar constant = solar energy hitting the ____________. - ANSWER- Atmosphere
Only ____% of the incoming radiation actually makes it to Earth's surface. - ANSWER-
47
Once we have a value for reference evapotranspiration, what do we do with that to get
the actual evapotranspiration for this specific crop on this day?
-_________ how your crop or setting relates to the maximum. This gives you the
_______________.
-Look at your crop under the ____________.
Actual ET= _________ X __________. - ANSWER- Compare, potential ET, actual
conditions, ETP, individual
What makes water unique?
It is incredibly __________, it is a great ____________ for the Earth, it binds strongly to
itself, it is a great _____________, and it ________ when it feezes. - ANSWER- Stable,
thermal storage battery, solvent, expands
Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy?
This lets it be a __________________ for the Earth. - ANSWER- thermal storage
battery
List the 9 elements of the hydrologic cycle - ANSWER- Evaporation, transpiration,
precipitation, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, concentrated surface flow, baseflow,
interflow
, Stormwater Management Exam #1 with
108 correct answers.
List the 4 driving forces of the hydrologic cycle - ANSWER- Sun, gravity, earth's
rotation, earth's residual heat
The temperature decreases by about _______ deg F with every 1000ft increase in
elevation - ANSWER- 5.4
4 ways in which air lifting occurs - ANSWER- Cyclonic, frontal, convective, orthographic
In high pressure systems, air wants to rise. Lifting of air into low pressure causes air to
become wetter. - ANSWER- Cyclonic lifting
Warm air goes above cold air b/c cold air is denser - ANSWER- Frontal
Instability caused by uneven heating - ANSWER- Convective
Mechanical uplifting by mountains - ANSWER- Orthographic
At least _____ hours must pass without rainfall in order to differentiate between storm
events. - ANSWER- 6
Most concerned with _____________ whenever you have to shove water through a
choke point - ANSWER- Rainfall intensity
Most concerned with ___________ any time you're concerned with storage - ANSWER-
Rainfall depth
As area of interest goes up, expected rainfall intensity goes ___________. - ANSWER-
Down
As time period goes up, expected rainfall intensity goes _______. - ANSWER- Down
We place raingage randomly whenever the effect is ________. Place fixed whenever
the effect is random - ANSWER- Fixed
You need more raingages to adequately cover a specific area under _____________
conditions (b/c more variation). - ANSWER- Mountainous
If you have storm rainfall values at several locations nearby, you use the
_________________ equation so that the points closer to the point in question are
given more weight. - ANSWER- Inverse distance weighted
If I have storm rainfall values at several locations nearby, I use the _______________
to get an average rainfall depth over the entire area. - ANSWER- Area weighted
average
108 correct answers.
Stormwater Management Exam #1 with
108 correct answers.
Relative humidity is ________________. - ANSWER- Actual vapor pressure divided by
saturation vapor pressure
Vapor pressure deficit is _________________ - ___________________. - ANSWER-
Saturation vapor pressure, actual vapor pressure
Plants use _______ to _________ times their body weight in water - ANSWER-
200,900
Solar constant = solar energy hitting the ____________. - ANSWER- Atmosphere
Only ____% of the incoming radiation actually makes it to Earth's surface. - ANSWER-
47
Once we have a value for reference evapotranspiration, what do we do with that to get
the actual evapotranspiration for this specific crop on this day?
-_________ how your crop or setting relates to the maximum. This gives you the
_______________.
-Look at your crop under the ____________.
Actual ET= _________ X __________. - ANSWER- Compare, potential ET, actual
conditions, ETP, individual
What makes water unique?
It is incredibly __________, it is a great ____________ for the Earth, it binds strongly to
itself, it is a great _____________, and it ________ when it feezes. - ANSWER- Stable,
thermal storage battery, solvent, expands
Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy?
This lets it be a __________________ for the Earth. - ANSWER- thermal storage
battery
List the 9 elements of the hydrologic cycle - ANSWER- Evaporation, transpiration,
precipitation, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, concentrated surface flow, baseflow,
interflow
, Stormwater Management Exam #1 with
108 correct answers.
List the 4 driving forces of the hydrologic cycle - ANSWER- Sun, gravity, earth's
rotation, earth's residual heat
The temperature decreases by about _______ deg F with every 1000ft increase in
elevation - ANSWER- 5.4
4 ways in which air lifting occurs - ANSWER- Cyclonic, frontal, convective, orthographic
In high pressure systems, air wants to rise. Lifting of air into low pressure causes air to
become wetter. - ANSWER- Cyclonic lifting
Warm air goes above cold air b/c cold air is denser - ANSWER- Frontal
Instability caused by uneven heating - ANSWER- Convective
Mechanical uplifting by mountains - ANSWER- Orthographic
At least _____ hours must pass without rainfall in order to differentiate between storm
events. - ANSWER- 6
Most concerned with _____________ whenever you have to shove water through a
choke point - ANSWER- Rainfall intensity
Most concerned with ___________ any time you're concerned with storage - ANSWER-
Rainfall depth
As area of interest goes up, expected rainfall intensity goes ___________. - ANSWER-
Down
As time period goes up, expected rainfall intensity goes _______. - ANSWER- Down
We place raingage randomly whenever the effect is ________. Place fixed whenever
the effect is random - ANSWER- Fixed
You need more raingages to adequately cover a specific area under _____________
conditions (b/c more variation). - ANSWER- Mountainous
If you have storm rainfall values at several locations nearby, you use the
_________________ equation so that the points closer to the point in question are
given more weight. - ANSWER- Inverse distance weighted
If I have storm rainfall values at several locations nearby, I use the _______________
to get an average rainfall depth over the entire area. - ANSWER- Area weighted
average
