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Hydrology and Energy Quiz

Test your knowledge on hydrology, aquifers, and energy resources with this comprehensive quiz! This quiz covers essential concepts related to water science and energy types, including definitions and applications relevant to our environment.

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Select the best answer: What is hydrology?

The science dealing with waters of the Earth, their occurences, circulation and distribution, chemical and physical properties, and environmental reactions / ecology

Relationships of geologic processes and materials with water

These are two fundamental concepts in Hydrology.

Water cycle and water balance

Water cycle and water storage

Water balance and water storage

Water cycle and water transmission

Complete the sentence: Water is a/n (1) __________ resource that is pumped around by the energy from the (2) ___________.

Arrange all the factors involved in the water storage equation seen in the picture, from left to right.

Rainfall

Evapo-transition

Outflow surface water

Outflow groundwater

Change in storage

This geologic unit stores and transmits water at different rates, which can supply reasonable amounts of water.

Aquifer

Aquitard

Aquifuge

Aquiclude

Arrange the definition statements below according to these corresponding terms: (1) Aquitards, (2) Aquifuges, (3) Aquicludes

An aquifer that has groundwater that is slowly transmitted due to low permeability

An impermeable aquifer that can store groundwater but cannot transmit it

An extreme classification of aquifer; very slow transmission of groundwater

Select the answer that has the most true statements: (1) Confined aquifers are found between 2 layers and give rise to artesian wells. (2) Unconfined aquifers define the water table. (3) A water table is also called the zone of saturation.

1 & 2

1 & 3

2 & 3

All of them are true

Arrange the parts of the water table from closest to farthest from the surface.

Spring

Vadose zone

Phreatic zone

Zone of saturation

How is a spring formed?

When the water table intersects with the ground surface

When pore spaces in the vadose zone are filled with water and air

When a zone in the water table becomes saturated with groundwater

What is the difference between the phreatic and the vadose zone? Select the best statements.

Phreatic is above the vadose; Vadose is below phreatic

Phreatic is below vadose, vadose is above phreatic

Phreatic is equated to the zone of saturation

Vadose is equated to the zone of saturation

Phreatic is contains pore spaces that are partly filled with air and water

Vadose is contains pore spaces that are partly filled with air and water

This aquifer property measures the capacity of a material to transmit water, and can be high or low depending on the presence of cracks and voids in a rock, as well as grain size.

Hydraulic conductivity

Porosity

Specific yield

This aquifer property refers to the fraction of a given volume of material that is occupied by void spaces, denoted by the equation n = Vv/Vt.

Hydraulic conductivity

Porosity

Specific yield

This aquifer property refers to the volume of water released from groundwater per storage unit area decline in the water table, and is related to the property indicative of a material's storage capacity.

Hydraulic conductivity

Porosity

Specific yield

This coefficient states that groundwater movement is related to a rock's hydraulic gradient and rock permeability and the sediments that water flows through.

Coefficient of permeability

Coefficient of porosity

Coefficient of groundwater storage

Coefficient of hydrology

This type of energy involves the depletion of materials such as oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy.

Renewable

Non-renewable

Sir Claveria's water heater at home is powered with a solar panel that he installed on his roof. Is this energy renewable or non-renewable?

Renewable

Non-renewable

Select the best characteristics of fossil fuels (there are at least 3)

Formed from anaerobic decomposition of dead organisms

High in calcium

High in carbon

Can be used to form oil, coal, gas, oil shales, and tar sands

Takes millions of years to form

Takes several years to form

Select the best characteristics of heavy oils, tar sands, and oil shales

High in sulfur, nickel, vanadium, and asphalt

High in hydrogen, carbon, and other chemicals

Formed in oxidation, thermal maturation, or biodegradation

Formed in the burial of dead organisms within a reasonable amount of time

Dark in color, viscous, and difficult to recover

Select the best characteristics of coal

Composed of carbon and hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen

Combustible black/brownish rock occurring as layers called "coal beds/seams"

Formed in 4 stages

Formed in 5 stages

Extracted from open-pit and underground mining

Requires a humid setting with little to no life to form

Requires a swampy, plant-covered setting with water present

Formed aerobically

TRUE OR FALSE: Nuclear fusion involves the separation of an atomic nucleus to release energy, while nuclear fission combines small nuclei to form larger ones to release energy.

True

False

Arrange the steps in the formation of uranium deposits from start to finish.

A uranium-rich source (granite or carbonate rock) undergoes weathering

A solution with uranium is formed, which is soluble in an oxygen-rich environment

The solution of dissolved uranium becomes mixed with groundwater

The new solution enters permeable rocks, like sandstone, through transport and deposition

The rock containing the uranium solution becomes precipitates in reduced conditions over time

A uranium deposit is formed!

One word/phrase in this statement does not belong: A geothermal system is composed of a (heat source) that can be found along volcanic terrains, an (impermeable) aquifer, a solid (caprock) that keeps steam from escaping, and water that serves as a medium for (carrying) heat. ,

Heat source

Impermeable

Caprock

Carrying

This type of geothermal energy ranges from 20-90 degrees Celsius, and is mainly used for heating.

Low-temp

Medium-temp

High-temp

This type of geothermal energy ranges from 90-160 degrees Celsius, and involves the conversion of liquids to a hydrocarbon liquid that gets turned into steam.

Low-temp

Medium-temp

High-temp

This type of geothermal energy is above 160 degrees Celsius, where water converted to steam is used to run turbines.

Low-temp

Medium-temp

High-temp

What is the "cone of depression" that forms in a water table?

A plastic cone worn by sad dogs with tick problems

A conical recess formed as a consequence of extracting groundwater at rates faster than it can be replenished

An empty space that results from water extraction that can be replenished right away

Select all characteristics revolving around saltwater intrusion in groundwater extraction.

Occurs in coastal communities

Occurs in landlocked regions

Occurs when the recharge-discharge balance of an aquifer is disturbed

Denser freshwater enters and replaces saltwater

Denser saltwater enters and replaces freshwater

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