6 Written Questions

1. The way people use the land they live on to meet their needs
2. meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
3. ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year
4. additions to a given system
5. porous layers of sand, gravel, or rock in which groundwater is stored
6. ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. huge slow moving sheets of ice
   1. land use
   2. glaciers
   3. aquifers
   4. recharge
2. losses from a given system
   1. outputs
   2. wetlands
   3. aquifers
   4. inputs
3. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
   1. groundwater
   2. surface water
   3. land use
   4. outputs
4. water contained in places such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and reservoirs
   1. surface water
   2. residence time
   3. groundwater
   4. glaciers
5. used to describe the health of a water system
   1. water quality
   2. porosity
   3. sustainability
   4. permeability

5 True/False Questions

1. porosity → losses from a given system

   True        False

2. hydrogeology → study of subsurface water movement through rocks

   True        False

3. infiltration → flow of water from the land surface into the subsurface

   True        False

4. residence time → water contained in places such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and reservoirs

   True        False

5. recharge → ecosystems of several types in which vegetation is surrounded by standing water during part or most of the year

   True        False