Transcript Jen Water Resources Jeopardy

WATER
RESOURCES
JEOPARDY
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WEATHERING
SOILS
WATERSHED
WATER
GROUND
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WEATHERING
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Is ice wedging mechanical or
chemical weathering?
A: Mechanical
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WEATHERING
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What type of weathering causes the
rounding of a rock by collisions
with other rocks?
A: Abrasion
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WEATHERING
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Describe exfoliation.
A:Weathering in which thin sheets of rock flake
off the surface.
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WEATHERING
400
What process is rusting an example
of?
A: Oxidation
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WEATHERING
500
What type of rock weathers most rapidly,
limestone or obsidian?
A: Limestone
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SOILS
100
What type of soil has the smallest
particle size?
A: clay.
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SOILS
200
What soil has particles big enough to be
felt but too small to be seen easily?
A: silt
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SOILS
300
Explain what humus is.
A: The rich organic material found in the top layer of a
soil horizon.
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SOILS
400
Name the slowest type of mass
movement.
A: soil creep.
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SOILS
500
Name farming methods that help reduce soil
erosion.
A: Contour plowing, terracing, crop rotation.
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WATERSHED
100
Explain desalination.
A: producing fresh water from salt water.
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WATERSHED
200
What is a divide?
A: An
imaginary line between two
watersheds.
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WATERSHED
300
What are wide curves in a river called?
A:Meanders.
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WATERSHED
400
When do meanders form
during a river’s life cycle?
A: During the mature stage.
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WATERSHED
500
Why do people install artificial levees?
A: To control flooding
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WATER
100
Where is most of the Earth’s
fresh water stored?
A: In glaciers at the North and South Pole
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WATER
200
Would a unlined landfill be point or nonpoint source pollution?
A: Point source.
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WATER
300
1)What is the largest watershed in the U.S.?
A: Mississippi River watershed.
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WATER
400
Explain three ways that you could conserve
water in your home.
A: Showers instead of baths, turn off the water while
brushing your teeth, install low flow devices, don’t
water your lawn, etc.
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WATER
500
Explain salt water intrusion.
A:Overpumping of groundwater along coastal
regions pulls salt water into wells.
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GROUND WATER
100
A well that has a lot of water but cannot
be removed easily has rocks that has
what type of permeability?
A: Low.
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GROUND WATER
200
What factor most directly influences
porosity?
A: sorting of grains.
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GROUND WATER
300
What is the term for the layer of rock that
is permeable and has high porosity that
stores water?
A: Aquifer.
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GROUND WATER
400
The water table forms the upper
surface of the______________?
A:Zone of saturation
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GROUND WATER
500
The steepness of a slope is called the
______.
A: Gradient
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