Percolation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the components of the biosphere? - Answer-Atmosphere (air), Lithosphere (land), Hydrosphere (water) Describe the atmosphere composition - Answer-Most of the atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen - 78.084% and Oxygen - 20.95%. Water makes up between 1%-4%. Describe the flow of Solar Energy through Photosynthesis - Answer-6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy ---> 602 + C6H12O6. Describe the flow of Solar Energy through Cellular Respiration - Answer-C6H12O6 + 6O2 ----> 6C02 + 6H20 + heat e...

Explain why water budgets vary between different Drainage basins (6) - Answer--water budgets describe the amount of water within a drainage basin when taking into account that added by precipitation and that lost through evapotranspiration, as well as of run off and changes in storage. One of the reasons this can vary between drainage basins is the physical factors that may effect the basin. For example areas that have high levels of vegetation cover will have high levels of interception and eva...

T/F The hydrological cycle is the natural exchange of water between the ocean and the atmosphere - ANSWER True T/F 25% of the earths water is surface water, but only a small portion can be tapped by wells - ANSWER Flase T/F Groundwater hydrology is the science concerned with the occurrence, distribution, and movement of water above the earths surface - ANSWER False T/F Groundwater is the soil water that collects in porous water bearing geological formations called aquifers - ANSWER True...

REHS: Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Test Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024/2025 | 100% Verified | Graded. A watertight tank designed to slow down the movement of raw sewage and wastes passing through to the soils is known as a Choose one answer. a. pit privy b. spring house c. septic tank d. grease trap c. septic tank Sludge and scum accumulation, and the appearance of particles of solids in the effluent from a septic tank is an indication of what? Choose one answer. a. a f...

CPESC Exam Questions With Verified Answers. NPDES - answerNational Pollution Discharge Elimination System NPDES Exemptions - answerFacility that discharges to a POTW Facility that allows discharge evaporation Facility that allows infiltration/percolation Waters of the United States (WOTUS) - answerAny of the following that could be used: 1) Wetlands, 2) Sloughs 3) Prairie pothohles 4) Wet meadows 5) Playa lakes 6) Natural ponds Phase II Discharges - answerCommercial, Retail, light i...

APES AP Exam Review (2023/2024) 100% Pass First Law of Thermodynamics energy is neither created nor destroyed, may be converted from one form to another. Second Law of Thermodynamics when energy is changed from one form to another, some useful energy is degraded into lower quality energy (usually heat). Energy the ability to do work. Units of energy: joules, calories, kilocalories, British thermal units (BTUs), Kilowatt-hours (kWh) Power the rate of doing work (work/time). Units of power: wat...

BESC 320 Exam Questions Marking Scheme New Update What are the ingredients of life? - Answers -water, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, and mineral ions What is meant by self-contained vacuole? - Answers -humans are mostly water, and water facilitates all of the reactions in our bodies Why is water polar? - Answers -the two positively charged hydrogen atoms are on one side, while the larger, negative oxygen atom on the opposite side What are properties of water that result from polarit...

Field Capacity (FC) - ANSWER The amount of water retained in soil after it has been saturated and allowed to drain freely for two or three days. At field capacity, the forces holding water to soil particles are approximately equal to the downward forces of gravitational pull. What is the name of the process where water is lost through the leaves? - ANSWER Transpiration How does soil affect infiltration rate? - ANSWER Hard, clay-laden soil will drain poorly; Soft, sandy soil will drain qui...

Irrigation LicenseField Capacity (FC) - correct answer The amount of water retained in soil after it has been saturated and allowed to drain freely for two or three days. At field capacity, the forces holding water to soil particles are approximately equal to the downward forces of gravitational pull. What is the name of the process where water is lost through the leaves? - correct answer Transpiration How does soil affect infiltration rate? - correct answer Hard, clay-laden soil will drai...

Hydrological cycle correct answers System of stores and flows of the water in ecosystem driven by the solar radiation, which can be easily disrupted by human activities Storages correct answers Atmosphere, clouds, organisms, ocean/lake, glacier, groundwater, soil Hydrosphere correct answers All the forms in which the Earth's water can exist Turnover time correct answers Time taken for water to completely replace itself in part of the system, being renewable when replaced yearly or more...