Yuehan Lu GEO 105 final UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Yuehan Lu GEO 105 final UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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A sinkhole just formed in your backyard. Among the following rocks, which type of rock
would you most likely find there?
a. Granite; b. sandstone; c. limestone; d. shale - CORRECT ANSWER- limestone
The earth's ability to ...
Yuehan Lu GEO 105 final UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
A sinkhole just formed in your backyard. Among the following rocks, which type of rock
would you most likely find there?
a. Granite; b. sandstone; c. limestone; d. shale - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- limestone
The earth's ability to sustain its population at a basic, moderately comfortable standard of
living is called
a. limiting capacity; b. carrying capacity; c. maximum limiting population; d. sustaining
capacity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- carrying capacity
Among the followings, which rock would likely make the best aquifer
a. sandstone; b. compact shale; c. conglomerate; d. granite - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
sandstone
In Africa, the replacement rate is higher than the current fertility rate.
a. true. b. false - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- false
_____ are the largest fresh surface water reservoir
a. streams; b. lakes; c. swamps; d. rivers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- lakes
A perched water table occurs ____ the regional water table.
a. below; b. above; c. at the same level of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- above
,There are two wells: well A- ground surface elevation=55m, water rises to a height of 10 m
above the ground surface; well B- ground surface elevation=10 m, water rises to a height of 1
m above the ground surface based on this info, well A is in _____ aquifer and well B is in
_______ aquifer.
a. an unconfined, an unconfined; b. a confined, a confined; c. a confined, an unconfined; d. an
unconfined; a confined - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a confined; a confined
Countries with higher population always yield higher environmental impacts than countries
with lower population
a. true; b. false - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- false
During the Lake Peigneur sinkhole disaster, what was quickly dissolved that created the Lake
whirlpool?
a. salt; b. sandstone; c. basalt; d. petroleum oil - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- salt
the compositions of the eight planets in the solar system
a. are all very similar, so more than one planet may be able to support life or provide needed
resources
b. are entirely unknown; scientists cannot judge whether they are similar or not
c. were largely affected by the distance from the sun at which each formed
d. were characterized by similar amounts of high-melting-point minerals (e.g. iron minerals) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- were largely affected by the distance from the sun at which each
formed
the loss of water vapor from plants is called _____
a. Evaporation; b. condensation; c. infiltration; d. transpiration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
transpiration
, Among the following three stages of population development history, which has the shortest
doubling time?
a. Pre-agricultural period; b. agricultural period; c. industrial period - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- industrial period
The population of Tuscaloosa in the year 2000 was 77,906 and was growing at 2% each year.
At approximately which year will the population of Tuscaloosa double? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 2035
the last major recharge to Ogallalla aquifer was
a. current surface water reservoirs; b. modern precipitation; c. ancient water from ice sheet -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ancient water form ice sheet
what is the approximate age of the universe
a. 4.5 billion years; b. 4.5 million years; c. 15 billion years; d. 15 million years - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 15 billion years
urbanization will likely ______ the aquifer bc it may decrease the _______.
a. deplete, recharge; b. deplete, discharge;, c. enrich, recharge; d. enrich, saturation -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- deplete, recharge
countries whose biocapacity exceeds ecological footprints are referred to as ecological
debtors.
a. true; b. false - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- false
isotope indicates nucleus with different number of protons.
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