EARTH SCIENCE 1086 – EXAM 4 | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED|160
REAL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED | ALREADY GRADED A+
Approximately how much of Earth's water supply is saline?
A) 20%
B) 43%
C) 67%
D) 98%
E) 100% - (answer)D
The main process that links water in the atmosphere with water on Earth's surface is
________.
A) transpiration
B) infiltration
C) evaporation
D) condensation
E) wind - (answer)C
Water plays an important role in sculpting the landscape of continents because
________.
A) water is a major cause of erosion on land
B) water contributes to plant and animal life that strongly affects the landscape
C) water deposits sediments in areas like the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone
National Park
where they landscape is changing rapidly
D) water moves through streams that are a major cause of mass wasting
E) ground water causes sinkholes and domes that change the landscape rapidly -
(answer)A
The release of water vapor to the atmosphere by plants is called ________.
A) evaporation
B) degassing
C) transpiration
D) infiltration - (answer)C
Which one of the following statements is correct?
A) Sea level drops when water is stored in expanding ice sheets and continental
glaciers.
,B) Sea level rises when water is added to the oceans through increased rainfall and
increased
inflow from rivers.
C) Sea level drops when evaporation rates increase over the oceans and when this
extra
atmospheric moisture falls on land as rain.
D) Sea level rises when water is stored in expanding ice sheets and continental
glaciers. - (answer)A
Which of the following is not part of the water cycle?
A) water evaporating from a lake
B) water infiltrating into the soil and bedrock
C) calcium carbonate dissolving in soil water and groundwater
D) water moving into creeks and streams following a rainstorm - (answer)C
Which of these is considered to be "storage" part of the hydrologic cycle?
A) addition to a glacier
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) infiltration
E) transpiration - (answer)A
Which of the following is not a significant factor in determining whether
precipitation will
soak into the ground or run off on the surfaces?
A) steepness of the slope
B) vegetation
C) saturation level
D) lithology
E) amount and duration of precipitation - (answer)D
Permeable rock strata or sediment that transmit groundwater freely are called
________.
A) perched water tables
B) aquitards
C) springs
D) aquifers - (answer)D
________ is the volume of voids or open space in a rock or unconsolidated material.
A) Permeability
B) Space yield
, C) Porosity
D) Saturation index - (answer)C
The water table is ________.
A) a boundary between unsaturated bedrock and an underground river
B) a boundary between unsaturated bedrock below and saturated bedrock above
C) an underground mass of partly saturated rock
D) a boundary between saturated rock below and unsaturated rock above -
(answer)D
Caves most commonly form in ________.
A) limestone
B) sandstone
C) quartzite
D) shale - (answer)A
An artesian well is one in which ________.
A) the water is warm, fairly saline, and recharged by an affluent stream
B) pressurized groundwater rises from a deep, unsaturated aquifer
C) water rises above the top of the aquifer without any pumping
D) the well is horizontal and the water table is perched - (answer)C
When water is pumped from a well, a depression is often produced in the water table.
Such a
depression is a(n) ________.
A) perched water table
B) pumping dimple
C) cone of depression
D) artesian well - (answer)C
Which one of the following concerning artesian wells is not true?
A) The well penetrates an aquifer overlain by an aquitard.
B) The well penetrates an aquifer underlain by an impermeable bed.
C) The aquifer is generally inclined, and it is saturated to an elevation above the
point where the
well penetrates the aquifer.
D) When the well penetrates the aquifer, the water rises to the bottom of the aquitard
above the
aquifer. - (answer)D
________ would have the largest capacity to naturally remove sewage pollutants.
REAL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED
CORRECT | 100% VERFIED | ALREADY GRADED A+
Approximately how much of Earth's water supply is saline?
A) 20%
B) 43%
C) 67%
D) 98%
E) 100% - (answer)D
The main process that links water in the atmosphere with water on Earth's surface is
________.
A) transpiration
B) infiltration
C) evaporation
D) condensation
E) wind - (answer)C
Water plays an important role in sculpting the landscape of continents because
________.
A) water is a major cause of erosion on land
B) water contributes to plant and animal life that strongly affects the landscape
C) water deposits sediments in areas like the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone
National Park
where they landscape is changing rapidly
D) water moves through streams that are a major cause of mass wasting
E) ground water causes sinkholes and domes that change the landscape rapidly -
(answer)A
The release of water vapor to the atmosphere by plants is called ________.
A) evaporation
B) degassing
C) transpiration
D) infiltration - (answer)C
Which one of the following statements is correct?
A) Sea level drops when water is stored in expanding ice sheets and continental
glaciers.
,B) Sea level rises when water is added to the oceans through increased rainfall and
increased
inflow from rivers.
C) Sea level drops when evaporation rates increase over the oceans and when this
extra
atmospheric moisture falls on land as rain.
D) Sea level rises when water is stored in expanding ice sheets and continental
glaciers. - (answer)A
Which of the following is not part of the water cycle?
A) water evaporating from a lake
B) water infiltrating into the soil and bedrock
C) calcium carbonate dissolving in soil water and groundwater
D) water moving into creeks and streams following a rainstorm - (answer)C
Which of these is considered to be "storage" part of the hydrologic cycle?
A) addition to a glacier
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) infiltration
E) transpiration - (answer)A
Which of the following is not a significant factor in determining whether
precipitation will
soak into the ground or run off on the surfaces?
A) steepness of the slope
B) vegetation
C) saturation level
D) lithology
E) amount and duration of precipitation - (answer)D
Permeable rock strata or sediment that transmit groundwater freely are called
________.
A) perched water tables
B) aquitards
C) springs
D) aquifers - (answer)D
________ is the volume of voids or open space in a rock or unconsolidated material.
A) Permeability
B) Space yield
, C) Porosity
D) Saturation index - (answer)C
The water table is ________.
A) a boundary between unsaturated bedrock and an underground river
B) a boundary between unsaturated bedrock below and saturated bedrock above
C) an underground mass of partly saturated rock
D) a boundary between saturated rock below and unsaturated rock above -
(answer)D
Caves most commonly form in ________.
A) limestone
B) sandstone
C) quartzite
D) shale - (answer)A
An artesian well is one in which ________.
A) the water is warm, fairly saline, and recharged by an affluent stream
B) pressurized groundwater rises from a deep, unsaturated aquifer
C) water rises above the top of the aquifer without any pumping
D) the well is horizontal and the water table is perched - (answer)C
When water is pumped from a well, a depression is often produced in the water table.
Such a
depression is a(n) ________.
A) perched water table
B) pumping dimple
C) cone of depression
D) artesian well - (answer)C
Which one of the following concerning artesian wells is not true?
A) The well penetrates an aquifer overlain by an aquitard.
B) The well penetrates an aquifer underlain by an impermeable bed.
C) The aquifer is generally inclined, and it is saturated to an elevation above the
point where the
well penetrates the aquifer.
D) When the well penetrates the aquifer, the water rises to the bottom of the aquitard
above the
aquifer. - (answer)D
________ would have the largest capacity to naturally remove sewage pollutants.
