HYDROLOGY

SCORE:

Name: ______________________________________________ Date:________________

QUIZ #: ________

1. What is the chemical formula of fresh water?

a. H2O2 b. H2O

2. Pure water ___________.

a. Color White b. no discernable taste or smell

3. Water is present throughout the solar system, but other than on Earth it generally exists
as a _______.
a. Gas or Solid b. Liquid or gas

4. What is percentage of the earth that was covered in water?

a. 75% b. 85%

5. In the 17th Century ground water was believed to be pumped by?

a. Seawater b. Freshwater

6. Pierre Perrault conducted hydrologic investigations in the __________.

a. Seine River basin b. Seine Sea

7. The First person to use a water balance approach to hydrogeology is?

a. Pierre Perrault b. O.E. Meinzer

8. French hydraulic engineer, concluded that the rate of flow of a fluid through a porous
media is directly proportional to the energy loss and inversely proportional to the length
of the path of flow.
a. Henri Darcy b. O.E. Meinzer

9. The First quantitative characterization of groundwater flow is in year.

a. 1956 b. 1856

10. _________ developed the theory that describes flow in large groundwater basins.
a. O.E. Meinzer b. M. King Hubbert

11. McDonald and Harbaugh publish the first version of __________?

a. MODFLOW b. GIS
12. ____________ is the circulation of water in the environment.
a. Hydrologic cycle b. Water Cycle

13. ____________ examines the relationships of geologic materials and flowing water.
a. Hydrology b. Hydrogeology

14. Which of the following is an example Geologic materials?

a. Rock, b. Aquifer

15. The ratio of weight of water to the weight of solids in a given volume of soil is called?
a. Water Ratio b. Water Content

16. Geologic materials always have some amount of empty space in them. This empty space
is called ________.
a. Pore Space b. Void Space

17. The percentage of pore space by volume in a rock or sediment is called the _______.
a. Void Ratio b. Porosity

18. ________________ represents a stratum that allows water to flow from above through a
leaky confining zone into the underlying aquifer
a. Perched b. Leaky Confined Aquifer

19. ____________ occurs when an unconfined water zone sits on top of a clay lens, separated
from the main aquifer below
a. Leaky confined aquifer b. Perched aquifer

20. Water entering into the subsurface is called?

a. Infiltration b. Recharged

21. Water entering into the Soil surface is called?

a. Infiltration b. Recharged

22. Water flowing Downward into the Soil is called?

a. Percolation b. Runoff

23. Water flowing over the Soil Surface is called?

a. Percolation b. Runoff

24. The pore space that is completely filled with water and the soil or sediment is
a. Saturated b. Water Table

25. Shallow water level is called the water table

a. Water Table b. Saturated