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WATER RESOURCES
JEOPARDYJB Final Review Jeopardy
WEATHERING SOILS WATERSHED
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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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