Exam 10: Oceans

The city of Orangeville, Iowa, gets all of its water from groundwater aquifers. Each of the city's 6,000 residents uses an average of 200 gallons of water daily. If the city wishes to use its water sustainably, what would the total daily recharge rate of its aquifers have to be?

Identify and describe the major fluxes of the hydrologic cycle.

Depletion of groundwater supplies can cause which of the following?

-The graph depicting stream discharge during the flood event along Peachtree Creek is called a .

All of the following are reasons why freshwater resources are so scarce except for the following:

All of the following processes involve the flux of water into the atmosphere except .

Where will you find a riparian zone?

Desalination plants, such as the one completed in Tampa Bay in 2008, _.

The city of Orangeville, Iowa, gets all of its water from groundwater aquifers. Each of the city's 6,000 residents uses an average of 200 gallons of water daily. If the city's citizens wish to use water more sustainably, which one of the following would you recommend that its citizens do?

Define water pollution, point source, and nonpoint- source pollution. Explain which of the two (point source or nonpoint source) is more difficult to regulate and currently poses the greater threat to freshwater resources?

Which of the following natural processes would have to occur for water in the oceans to become fresh water available for human use?

-The people of the central Great Plains depend on the _ aquifer for drinking water and agricultural needs.

All of the following are potential consequences of inadequate treatment of drinking water except .

All of the following are predicted to occur in the near future except: