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WATER RESOURCES JEOPARDY JB Final Review Jeopardy WEATHERING SOILS WATERSHED WATER GROUND WATER 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 WEATHERING 100 Is ice wedging mechanical or chemical weathering? A: Mechanical Jeopardy Review WEATHERING 200 What type of weathering causes the rounding of a rock by collisions with other rocks? A: Abrasion Jeopardy Review WEATHERING 300 Describe exfoliation. A:Weathering in which thin sheets of rock flake off the surface. Jeopardy Review WEATHERING 400 What process is rusting an example of? A: Oxidation S2C01 Jeopardy Review WEATHERING 500 What type of rock weathers most rapidly, limestone or obsidian? A: Limestone S2C01 Jeopardy Review SOILS 100 What type of soil has the smallest particle size? A: clay. S2C01 Jeopardy Review SOILS 200 What soil has particles big enough to be felt but too small to be seen easily? A: silt S2C01 Jeopardy Review SOILS 300 Explain what humus is. A: The rich organic material found in the top layer of a soil horizon. S2C01 Jeopardy Review SOILS 400 Name the slowest type of mass movement. A: soil creep. S2C01 Jeopardy Review SOILS 500 Name farming methods that help reduce soil erosion. A: Contour plowing, terracing, crop rotation. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATERSHED 100 Explain desalination. A: producing fresh water from salt water. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATERSHED 200 What is a divide? A: An imaginary line between two watersheds. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATERSHED 300 What are wide curves in a river called? A:Meanders. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATERSHED 400 When do meanders form during a river’s life cycle? A: During the mature stage. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATERSHED 500 Why do people install artificial levees? A: To control flooding S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATER 100 Where is most of the Earth’s fresh water stored? A: In glaciers at the North and South Pole S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATER 200 Would a unlined landfill be point or nonpoint source pollution? A: Point source. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATER 300 1)What is the largest watershed in the U.S.? A: Mississippi River watershed. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATER 400 Explain three ways that you could conserve water in your home. A: Showers instead of baths, turn off the water while brushing your teeth, install low flow devices, don’t water your lawn, etc. S2C01 Jeopardy Review WATER 500 Explain salt water intrusion. A:Overpumping of groundwater along coastal regions pulls salt water into wells. S2C01 Jeopardy Review GROUND WATER 100 A well that has a lot of water but cannot be removed easily has rocks that has what type of permeability? A: Low. S2C01 Jeopardy Review GROUND WATER 200 What factor most directly influences porosity? A: sorting of grains. S2C01 Jeopardy Review GROUND WATER 300 What is the term for the layer of rock that is permeable and has high porosity that stores water? A: Aquifer. S2C01 Jeopardy Review GROUND WATER 400 The water table forms the upper surface of the______________? A:Zone of saturation S2C01 Jeopardy Review GROUND WATER 500 The steepness of a slope is called the ______. A: Gradient S2C01 Jeopardy Review
