SWS2007 Exam 2

5 Written Questions

1. Acid dissolution via rainfall
2. 10%, 65-70%, and 20-25%
3. Over-exploitation of renewable
   and non-renewable groundwater where Withdrawals exceed recharge creating deficits in the aquifer because it lacks recharge. USING A WATER RESUOURCE FASTER THAN IT CAN BE REPLENISHED
4. air condition and mosquito control via DDT
5. Carbonate and Calcium

5 Matching Questions

1. the % of available freshwater that is groundwater.
2. Florida's principal aquifer system is
3. how the two dominant ions from river water are removed
4. most common form of lake formation in Florida
5. the largest watershed in the U.S.

1. a Carbonate and Calcium removed from ocean water principally by organisms
2. b Mississippi watershed
3. c confined and consolidated
4. d 98%
5. e sinkholes

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lower surface pressures encourage a more rapid inflow of air at the surface, more thunderstorms, more heat, lower surface pressure, stronger winds, and so on making intensity increase
   1. the largest and the smallest oceans by area
   2. the relationship between central pressure and hurricane intensity
   3. the range in average annual rainfall in Florida
   4. The oldest lake basins were created by what process?
2. Evaporation concentrates salts left behind after water leaves
   1. why oceans have high concentrations of salts
   2. the current population Florida
   3. three types of rainfall
   4. two dominant ions in ocean water
3. abrupt collapse of overburden
   1. cover collapse
   2. Convective Rain
   3. cover subsidence
   4. water mining
4. Total land area that drains surface water to a common point.
   1. Endorheic
   2. water mining
   3. Watershed
   4. Rain shadow
5. 7 billion gallons/day
   1. most common form of lake formation in Florida
   2. the % of earth's water in the oceans
   3. why river flow is generally slow in Florida
   4. Approximately how much water is withdrawn in Florida every day?

5 True/False Questions

1. principal way by which drainage of the everglades was accomplished in the early part of the 20th century → Construction of a canal south of Lake okeechobee

   True        False

2. deepest lake in the world → Lake Baikal

   True        False

3. gradient → the driving force for river flow. one of the major determining factors for the velocity of the ocean floor.

   True        False

4. three types of rainfall → Two masses of air of different temperature, humidity and density meet

   True        False

5. Hurricane season → Two masses of air of different temperature, humidity and density meet

   True        False