Hydrogeology 2 (Groundwater)

Question 1

The depression often produced in the water table, when water is pumped from a well, is called?

Accepted Answer

the cone of depression

Question 2

A drainage basin is ____.

Accepted Answer

the land area that contributes water to a stream

Question 3

Limiting development on floodplains is effective because it ____.

Accepted Answer

allows floodplains to absorb floodwaters

Question 4

Caverns most commonly form in what type of bedrock?

Accepted Answer

Limestone

Question 5

Groundwater is found in the zone of ____.

Accepted Answer

saturation

Question 6

One traditional flood control method has been to keep the water in the channel by creating __.

Accepted Answer

artificial levees

Question 7

The percentage of the total volume of rock that consist of pore space is called ___.

Accepted Answer

porosity

Question 8

Which of the following would least likely be found in a wide valley?

Accepted Answer

rapids

Question 9

which landform is not common in an area of karst topography?

Accepted Answer

surface drainage systems

Question 10

What type of aquifer can naturally purify contaminated groundwater?

Accepted Answer

sandstone aquifer

Question 11

Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own under pressure is an ___.

Accepted Answer

artesian well

Question 12

What are the boundaries called that separate streams in adjacent drainage basins?

Accepted Answer

divides

Question 13

What type of rock usually underlies a karst landscape?

Accepted Answer

limestone

Questions 13