Concept 5 Quiz

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Explain unique features and environmental concerns associated with groundwater and the use of groundwater as a nonrenewable resource including: subsidence, contamination, and sinkholes.

This activity contains 11 questions.

	Landscapes shaped by the dissolving power of groundwater are often said to exhibit karst topography.

	True False

When the amount of water available to recharge the aquifer is significantly less than the amount being withdrawn, groundwater

is a renewable resourcewater table will riserecharge rate will be highis a nonrenewable resourceall of the above

A common source of pollution for many aquifers is

landfillsseptic tankshighway saltsewageall of the above

	Fertilizers improve groundwater quality providing nutrients necessary for irrigation and drinking supplies.

	True False

Severe examples of land subsidence, such as what happened in the San Joaquin Valley, occur as

storage capacity increasesgroundwater is pumped heavilylimestone is dissolvedgroundwater is pollutedrecharge rates increase

Most caverns are initally created

below the water tableat the surfacein the zone of aerationabove the water tablenone of the above

Karst topography can include a serious geologic hazard called a

sinkholespringsubsidencelakedripstone

	Caverns are best described as erosional features.
	Caverns are best described as erosional features.
	True False

_______ are intermittent hot springs and fountains in which columns of water are ejected with great force at various intervals.

ChambersAquitardsGeysersArtesian wellsnone of the above

The greatest single use of pumped groundwater from wells in the United States is for

remediationhydroelectric energyindustrial coolingirrigation (agriculture)drinking water

Identify the features most likely to be found in a region with well-developed Karst features.

The letters A through F appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 6 items numbered 11.1 through 11.6. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through F. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.

11.1 sinkholes	[hint]
11.2 sinking stream	[hint]
11.3 solution valley	[hint]
11.4 springs	[hint]
11.5 water table	[hint]
11.6 collapse sink	[hint]

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