Exam 11: Soil and Water Resources

Which of the following materials is most permeable?

-A confined aquifer requires that what be present?

-According to the figure, soils that form in coniferous forests with cold climates are called __________.

-According to the figure, soils that commonly form in tropical regions with high rainfall are called __________.

A perched water table requires the presence of what?

The best soils for agriculture have a loam texture.

Most lakes and streams reveal what about groundwater?

Groundwater overdraft can increase the height of the water table.

Actual evapotranspiration is the amount of water that would evaporate and transpire from plants if it were available.

__________ is\are layers of soils that are identified by their different physical and chemical properties.

Soils contain components from all of Earth's major physical systems: the lithosphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere.

-Which marked letter zone in this figure designates the zone of saturation?

-Referring to Figure 11.37, how many liters of water are required to make a single pair of cotton jeans?

The average golf course in the United States uses about __________ liters of water each day.

Particle sizes of 0.05 to 1 millimeter are classified as __________.

All groundwater mining is unsustainable in the long term.

-According to the figure, soils found in grasslands are called __________.

__________ occurs when water is taken from an aquifer faster than it is replenished through recharge and the pore spaces in the ground collapse.

The layer of ground that is not permanently saturated is called the __________.

Water withdrawals by people can lower the level of the water table.