Stormwater Management Exam #1
questions and answers graded A+
Actual vapor pressure divided by saturation vapor pressure - correct answer ✔✔Relative
humidity is ________________.
Saturation vapor pressure, actual vapor pressure - correct answer ✔✔Vapor pressure deficit is
_________________ - ___________________.
200,900 - correct answer ✔✔Plants use _______ to _________ times their body weight in
water
Atmosphere - correct answer ✔✔Solar constant = solar energy hitting the ____________.
47 - correct answer ✔✔Only ____% of the incoming radiation actually makes it to Earth's
surface.
Compare, potential ET, actual conditions, ETP, individual - correct answer ✔✔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 __________.
, Stable, thermal storage battery, solvent, expands - correct answer ✔✔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.
thermal storage battery - correct answer ✔✔Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy?
This lets it be a __________________ for the Earth.
Evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, concentrated
surface flow, baseflow, interflow - correct answer ✔✔List the 9 elements of the hydrologic cycle
Sun, gravity, earth's rotation, earth's residual heat - correct answer ✔✔List the 4 driving forces
of the hydrologic cycle
5.4 - correct answer ✔✔The temperature decreases by about _______ deg F with every 1000ft
increase in elevation
Cyclonic, frontal, convective, orthographic - correct answer ✔✔4 ways in which air lifting occurs
Cyclonic lifting - correct answer ✔✔In high pressure systems, air wants to rise. Lifting of air into
low pressure causes air to become wetter.
Frontal - correct answer ✔✔Warm air goes above cold air b/c cold air is denser
Convective - correct answer ✔✔Instability caused by uneven heating
questions and answers graded A+
Actual vapor pressure divided by saturation vapor pressure - correct answer ✔✔Relative
humidity is ________________.
Saturation vapor pressure, actual vapor pressure - correct answer ✔✔Vapor pressure deficit is
_________________ - ___________________.
200,900 - correct answer ✔✔Plants use _______ to _________ times their body weight in
water
Atmosphere - correct answer ✔✔Solar constant = solar energy hitting the ____________.
47 - correct answer ✔✔Only ____% of the incoming radiation actually makes it to Earth's
surface.
Compare, potential ET, actual conditions, ETP, individual - correct answer ✔✔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 __________.
, Stable, thermal storage battery, solvent, expands - correct answer ✔✔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.
thermal storage battery - correct answer ✔✔Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy?
This lets it be a __________________ for the Earth.
Evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, concentrated
surface flow, baseflow, interflow - correct answer ✔✔List the 9 elements of the hydrologic cycle
Sun, gravity, earth's rotation, earth's residual heat - correct answer ✔✔List the 4 driving forces
of the hydrologic cycle
5.4 - correct answer ✔✔The temperature decreases by about _______ deg F with every 1000ft
increase in elevation
Cyclonic, frontal, convective, orthographic - correct answer ✔✔4 ways in which air lifting occurs
Cyclonic lifting - correct answer ✔✔In high pressure systems, air wants to rise. Lifting of air into
low pressure causes air to become wetter.
Frontal - correct answer ✔✔Warm air goes above cold air b/c cold air is denser
Convective - correct answer ✔✔Instability caused by uneven heating
