GY 101 Chapter 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1. Rank the following compartments by the quantity of Oceans
water they hold, with the compartment(s) holding the Ice caps, snow, ice and
greatest quantity of water on the top and the least at glaciers
the bottom. Groundwater
Lakes, rivers and swamps
Atmosphere
2. Match the liquid, fresh surface water compartment Rivers: 2
with the correct % of the global % of the global quantity Swamps: 11
of water in that compartment Lakes: 87
3. Swamps contain more fresh water than which of the Rivers
following liquid, surface water compartments?
4. Match the water compartment to the correct descrip- Oceans: Contains 96.5% of
tion all the water on Earth
Groundwater: Contains
about 30% of Earth's total
freshwater supply
Ice caps, glaciers, and
snow: contains about 69%
of Earth's freshwater sup-
ply
Atmosphere: contains
about 0.001% of Earth's
freshwater supply
5. The top of the saturated zone, as marked by the red table
dashed line in the illustration, is called the water .
6. What are the 2 main roles of the hydrologic cycle? To play a part in the con-
version of solar energy to
other forms of energy
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, GY 101 Chapter 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
To move water in and
out of different parts of
Earth's physical and bio-
logical systems
7. Rank the top four uses of fresh water in the US, for the Thermoelectric
year 2005, from highest use at the top to the least use Irrigation
at the bottom Public and domestic
Industrial
8. Filling artificial lakes, watering lawns, and drinking wa- Public and domestic
ter are all considered water uses.
9. The US Environmental Protection Agency establishes standards
drinking water to set limits on the concentration of
selected contaminants in water.
10. Knowing the water balance for an area, or examining climate and biome char-
a water-balance diagram for an area, reveals the . acteristics because the
amount of P and PE large-
ly determines the types
of vegetation that can be
supported
11. Average time is useful in evaluating local and glob- Residence
al water budgets because it shows the average rate of
movement of water molecules in and out of various
stores
12. The 3 main stores of water: Oceans, atmosphere, con-
tinents
13.
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Answers
1. Rank the following compartments by the quantity of Oceans
water they hold, with the compartment(s) holding the Ice caps, snow, ice and
greatest quantity of water on the top and the least at glaciers
the bottom. Groundwater
Lakes, rivers and swamps
Atmosphere
2. Match the liquid, fresh surface water compartment Rivers: 2
with the correct % of the global % of the global quantity Swamps: 11
of water in that compartment Lakes: 87
3. Swamps contain more fresh water than which of the Rivers
following liquid, surface water compartments?
4. Match the water compartment to the correct descrip- Oceans: Contains 96.5% of
tion all the water on Earth
Groundwater: Contains
about 30% of Earth's total
freshwater supply
Ice caps, glaciers, and
snow: contains about 69%
of Earth's freshwater sup-
ply
Atmosphere: contains
about 0.001% of Earth's
freshwater supply
5. The top of the saturated zone, as marked by the red table
dashed line in the illustration, is called the water .
6. What are the 2 main roles of the hydrologic cycle? To play a part in the con-
version of solar energy to
other forms of energy
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, GY 101 Chapter 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
To move water in and
out of different parts of
Earth's physical and bio-
logical systems
7. Rank the top four uses of fresh water in the US, for the Thermoelectric
year 2005, from highest use at the top to the least use Irrigation
at the bottom Public and domestic
Industrial
8. Filling artificial lakes, watering lawns, and drinking wa- Public and domestic
ter are all considered water uses.
9. The US Environmental Protection Agency establishes standards
drinking water to set limits on the concentration of
selected contaminants in water.
10. Knowing the water balance for an area, or examining climate and biome char-
a water-balance diagram for an area, reveals the . acteristics because the
amount of P and PE large-
ly determines the types
of vegetation that can be
supported
11. Average time is useful in evaluating local and glob- Residence
al water budgets because it shows the average rate of
movement of water molecules in and out of various
stores
12. The 3 main stores of water: Oceans, atmosphere, con-
tinents
13.
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