WATER RESOURCES

JEOPARDYJB Final Review Jeopardy

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WEATHERING100

Is ice wedging mechanical or chemical weathering?

A: Mechanical

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WEATHERING 200

A: Abrasion

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What type of weathering causes the rounding of a rock by collisions

with other rocks?

WEATHERING 300

A:Weathering in which thin sheets of rock flake off the surface.

Describe exfoliation.

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WEATHERING 400

A: Oxidation

What process is rusting an example of?

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WEATHERING 500

A: Limestone

What type of rock weathers most rapidly, limestone or obsidian?

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SOILS100

A: clay.

What type of soil has the smallest particle size?

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SOILS 200

A: silt

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What soil has particles big enough to be felt but too small to be seen easily?

SOILS 300

A: The rich organic material found in the top layer of a soil horizon.

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Explain what humus is.

SOILS 400

A: soil creep.

Name the slowest type of mass movement.

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SOILS 500

A: Contour plowing, terracing, crop rotation.

Name farming methods that help reduce soil erosion.

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WATERSHED100

A: producing fresh water from salt water.

Explain desalination.

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WATERSHED 200

A: An imaginary line between two watersheds.

What is a divide?

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WATERSHED 300

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A:Meanders.

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What are wide curves in a river called?

WATERSHED 400

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A: During the mature stage.

When do meanders form during a river’s life cycle?

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WATERSHED 500

A: To control flooding

Why do people install artificial levees?

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WATER100

A: In glaciers at the North and South Pole

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Where is most of the Earth’s fresh water stored?

WATER 200

A: Point source.

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Would a unlined landfill be point or non-point source pollution?

WATER 300

A: Mississippi River watershed.

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1)What is the largest watershed in the U.S.?

WATER 400

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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Explain three ways that you could conserve water in your home.

WATER 500

A:Overpumping of groundwater along coastal regions pulls salt water into wells.

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Explain salt water intrusion.

GROUND WATER100

A: Low.

A well that has a lot of water but cannot be removed easily has rocks that has what type of permeability?

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GROUND WATER 200

A: sorting of grains.

What factor most directly influences porosity?

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GROUND WATER 300

A: Aquifer.

What is the term for the layer of rock that is permeable and has high porosity that stores water?

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GROUND WATER 400

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A:Zone of saturation

The water table forms the upper surface of the______________?

GROUND WATER 500

A: Gradient

The steepness of a slope is called the ______.

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