HIGHPRIO.10 Flashcards
The capacity of rainfall (precipitation) to effect the detachment and transport of soil particles.
a. erodibility
b. erosivity
c. affectivity
d. conductivity
b. erosivity
The equation used in current meters is V = a + bN. What does b signifies?
a. proportionality constant
b. bed slope
c. starting velocity
d. number of revolutions
a. proportionality constant
A simple vertical tube used to measure pressure on the basis of the height of the column of liquid
a. Piezometer
b. Weir
c. Venturi
d. Sluice gate
a. Piezometer
Uniform removal of soil in thin layers from sloping land resulting from overland flow
a. rill erosion
b. coastal erosion
c. sheet erosion
d. splash erosion
c. sheet erosion
When is the best/recommended time to sample sediment load in the stream?
a. Intermittent flow
b. Base flow
c. Peak flow
d. Perennial flow
c. Peak flow
Water which has been absorbed from an atmosphere of water vapor as a result of attractive forces in the surface of the particles.
a. capillary water
b. rainwater
c. hygroscopic water
d. mineral water
c. hygroscopic water
The Scientific name for cauliflower:
a. Brassica juncea
b. Brassica chinensis
c. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
d. Brassica oleracea var. capitala
c. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
A panel generally rectangular, located near the lowest level of a tank or reservoir that, when lifted permits flows
a. Piezometer
b. Weir
c. Venturi
d. Sluice gate
d. Sluice gate
It is refer to the ease of crumbling of soils.
a. puddlability
b. soil consistency
c. friability
d. plasticity
c. friability
An aerobic process involving the production of Nitrates from Ammonium salt:
a. Nitrification
b. Salinization
c. Denitrification
d. Ammonification
a. Nitrification
A high-energy molecule that is the major source for usable chemical energy for cellular work:
a. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
b. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
c. Vitamins
d. Protein
b. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
It is the term used in referring the unconsolidated materials above the bedrock:
a. regolith
b. subsoil
c. topsoil
d. humus
a. regolith
A type of cropping system wherein different crops are planted in an area one after the other each season
a. strip cropping
b. cropping pattern
c. mixed cropping
d. relay cropping
d. relay cropping
Type of flow wherein the discharge or flow in a prismatic channel is constant with respect to time
a. laminar flow
b. uniform flow
c. steady flow
d. critical flow
c. steady flow
The only substance on earth that exists naturally in three phases, namely, gas, liquid and solid
a. mercury
b. water
c. carbon dioxide
d. oxygen
b. water
Type of precipitation associated with the movement of air masses from high pressure regions to low-pressure regions
a. Orographic precipitation
b. Convective precipitation
c. Cyclonic precipitation
d. Artificial precipitation
c. Cyclonic precipitation
Water molecules are said to be influenced by this/these type of molecular bonding
a. ionic
b. polar
c. covalent
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Science that deals with space-time characteristics of the quantity and quality of the waters of the earth, encompassing their occurrence, movement, distribution, circulation, storage, exploration, development and management
a. Geology
b. Environmental science
c. Hydrology
d. Paleontology
c. Hydrology
When the water level in the pipe drops below the upper edge of the pipe or culvert and its conduit controls, the flow becomes:
a. weir flow
b. open channel flow
c. orifice flow
d. pipe flow
b. open channel flow
The rate of vertical water movement through the soil at saturated condition is
a. infiltration rate
b. percolation rate
c. depletion rate
d. soil permeability
b. percolation rate
A barrier placed on a stream/canal to constrict the flow of water and cause it fall over a crest usually used to measure discharge.
a. drop structure
b. weir
c. crest stage gage
d. staff gage
b. weir
A hydraulic jump is a classic example of this type of flow
a. Unsteady flow
b. Gradually varied flow
c. Rapidly Varied flow
d. Critical flow
c. Rapidly Varied flow
The soil property which describes the ability of the soil to transmit water
a. hydraulic conductivity
b. percolation rate
c. matric potential
d. infiltration rate
a. hydraulic conductivity
It is a natural or synthetic hydrograph for one unit of direct runoff from the catchment in a specified unit of time.
a. basic hydrograph
b. design hydrograph
c. unit hydrograph
d. runoff hydrograph
c. unit hydrograph
Removal of soil by water forming small but well defined channels due to the concentration of overland flow
a. stream channel erosion
b. gully erosion
c. rill erosion
d. sheet erosion
c. rill erosion
In discharge measurement, the readings in a staff gage are useless without this:
a. synthetic hydrograph
b. unit hydrograph
c. rating curve
d. matching curve
c. rating curve
Structured device designed to hold a pool of water to cushion the impact and retard the flow of falling water as from an overflow weir, chute or drop
a. sill
b. stilling basin
c. apron
d. pond
b. stilling basin
What law prevails in air masses in the atmosphere that for every drop (increase) of pressure there is a corresponding decrease (increase) of temperature resulting to the cooling of such air masses inducing precipitation.
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Law of Conservation of Energy
c. Avogardo’s Law
d. Ideal Gas Law
d. Ideal Gas Law
It is the time required for water to flow from the most remote point of the watershed to the outlet
a. time to peak
b. lag time
c. recession time
d. time of concentration
d. time of concentration
A supercritical flow is a flow condition where
a. Fr = 1
b. Fr < 1
c. Fr >1
d. Fr > 4000
c. Fr >1