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Irrigation before final seedbed preparation and planting; a method to insure adequate moisture for the germination of crop seeds:
a. drip-irrigation
b. intermittent
c. pre-irrigation
d. post-irrigation

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c. pre-irrigation

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Finger-like rills appear on the soil surface.
a. Gully erosion
b. Rill erosions
c. Interill erosions
d. Sheet erosions

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b. Rill erosions

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This is done to “homogenize” markets
a. prospecting
b. target marketing
c. exchange
d. segmentation

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d. segmentation

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Method of supplying water in the basin
a. Direct and cascade supply
b. Flooding and pumping
c. Sprinkling and dripping
d. None of the above

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a. Direct and cascade supply

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In a well) is the difference in elevation between the groundwater table and the water surface at the well when pumping.
a.Static head
b.Total dynamic head
c.Drawdown
d.Characteristic curve

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c.Drawdown

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Banawe rice terraces is a
a. Broad base terrace
b. Conservation terrace
c. Bench terrace
d. All of the above

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c. Bench terrace

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Total of time to peak and recession time
a. Base flow time
b. Base time
c. Overland flow time
d. Peak flow time

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b. Base time

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Results from mechanical lifting of the air mass over mountain barriers.
a. Frontal
b. Non Frontal
c. Cyclonic precipitation
d. Orographic precipitation

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d. Orographic precipitation

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The relative proportion of sand, silt and clay determine the.
a. Soil texture
b. Soil particles
c. Soil profile
d. Soil structures

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a. Soil texture

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The rate of infiltration from a furrow into the soil.
a.Infiltration rate
b.Intake rate
c.Permeability
d.Saturation point

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b.Intake rate

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The soil contains more or less equal amounts of sand, silt and clay?
a. Acid soil
b. Volcanic soil
c. Alkaline soil
d. None of the above

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d. None of the above

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Which is the best method of irrigation for irregular topography?
a. flooding
b. furrow
c. sprinkling
d. sub-irrigation

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c. sprinkling

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Which is the best method of irrigation for row crops?
a. flooding
b. furrow
c. sprinkling
d. sub-irrigation

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b. furrow

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A topographically delineated area which drains into a reference point in the stream.
a. Soil conservation
b. Seepage
c. Percolation
d. Watershed

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d. Watershed

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If the depth changes smoothly over a distance
a. Spatially variable flow
b. Turbulent flow
c. Laminar flow
d. Gradually varied flow

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d. Gradually varied flow

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The most appropriate measure of central tendency is ________.
a. maximum
b. mean
c. median
d. mode

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b. mean

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The submain is laid in a depression and the laterals join the submain
from each side alternately.
a. Border-strip flooding
b. Ordinary flooding
c. Herringbone Pattern
d. Gridiron Layout

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c. Herringbone Pattern

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Interval between corresponding points on successive terraces
a. Horizontal interval
b. Vertical Interval
c. Contour line
d. Contour map

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a. Horizontal interval

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It is the environmentally and genetically determined observable
appearance of an organism; the expression of genes which can be measured by our senses. What we see in an animal for some trait.
a. genotype
b. phenotype
c. generation
d. pedigree

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b. phenotype

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A term that is used to explain the fact that the hybrids or crossbreed
are usually better and more vigorous than their parents.
a. heterosis or hybrid vigor
b. halitosis or hybrid superiority
c. heserosis or hybrid superiority
d. hesterosis or hybrid vigor

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a. heterosis or hybrid vigor

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21
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Location of the rain gauges are plotted on the map of the area and
stations are connected by straight lines.
a. Inverse Distance Ratio Method
b. Grid-Point Method
c. Isohyetal
d. Thiessen polygon

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d. Thiessen polygon

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Period during which the reproductive organs first become functional
a. heredity
b. puberty
c. adulthood
d. maturity

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b. puberty

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The ratio of water stored in the root zone during the irrigation to the
water needed in the root zone prior to irrigation, expressed in percent.
a. Consumptive use efficiency
b. Water storage efficiency
c. Water-use efficiency
d. Water application efficiency

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b. Water storage efficiency

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The carcass or carcass parts coming from animals sufficiently mature and healthy.
a. filly
b. colt
c. chevon
d. meat

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d. meat

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Downward movement of water within the soil.
a. Soil conservation
b. Seepage
c. Percolation
d. Watershed

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c. Percolation

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Meat that is derived from cattle that is less than one year old, or meat
from calf.
a. hot meat
b. venison
c. veal
d. mutton

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c. veal

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This system is often used if the bottom of the depression is wide since it reduces the lengths of the laterals and eliminates the break in slope of the laterals at the edge of the depression.
a. Random ditch system
b. Double-main system
c. Bedding system
d. Natural system

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b. Double-main system

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The ratio of the dry weight of the soil to the volume of the soil
particles
a. Bulk density
b. Particle density
c. Apparent specific gravity
d. Real specific gravity

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Glands that secrete chemical mediators called hormones that regulate growth and development, metabolism, reproduction, stress responses, body and tissue fluid, and electrolyte balance.
a. mammary glands
b. endocrine glands
c. resistive glands
d. maturity glands

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b. endocrine glands

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30
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Water is applied from field ditches to guide its flow and it is difficult
to attain high irrigation efficiency using this method.
a. Border-strip flooding
b. Ordinary flooding
c. Herringbone Pattern
d. Gridiron Layout

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b. Ordinary flooding

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The pigs farrowed by a sow or the pups whelped by a bitch at one delivery period; also the accumulation of materials used for bedding of farm animals.
a. trash
b. litter
c. pool
d. crib

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b. litter

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32
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The period from conception to birth of the young.
a. mastication
b. lactation
c. fecundation
d. gestation

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d. gestation

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33
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Are specially shaped and stabilized channel sections which may also be
used to measure flow and are generally less inclined than weirs to prevent floating debris and sediments from detention
a. Culvert
b. Vengineering
c. Drop structures
d. Flume

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d. Flume

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34
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Impregnation or fertilization
a. mastication
b. lactation
c. fecundation
d. gestation

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c. fecundation

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35
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Which is not directly related to the small water impounding project
a. To control flood and erosion
b. For supplementary irrigation
c. For power generation and fish culture
d. None of the above

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d. None of the above

36
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The hormone that causes ovulation of the reproductive tract in birds is
called
a. luteinizing hormone
b. growth hormone
c. mammary hormone
d. gestation hormone

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a. luteinizing hormone

37
Q

A small drain constructed at the end of each boarder to remove excess
surface water.
a. Main drain
b. Tail drain
c. Open drain
d. None of the above

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b. Tail drain

38
Q

A hydraulic shock occur when water flowing to pipe undergoes sudden
changes in velocity.
a. Cavitation
b. Hydraulic ram
c. Centrifugal force
d. Water hammer

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d. Water hammer

39
Q

SWIM Project in general are those small scale water impounding dam which
have structural height of not more than
a. 45 m
b. 30 m
c. 50 m
d. 100 m

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b. 30 m

40
Q

Depth changes along the length of channel
a. Laminar flow
b. Gradually varied flow
c. Rapidly varied flow
d. Varied flow

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d. Varied flow

41
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The formation of cavities filled with the liquid vapor due to a local
pressure drop and their collapse as soon as the vapor bubbles reach regions of high pressure.
a. Cavitation
b. Hydraulics ram
c. Centrifugal force
d. Water hammer

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a. Cavitation

42
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The arrangements of primary particles in the soil into units or peds
a. Soil Texture
b. Soil Structure
c. Porosity
d. dry weight basis

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b. Soil Structure

43
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An instrument used to measure the water velocity
a. Weir
b. Flume
c. Speedometer
d. Current meter

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c. Speedometer

44
Q

Which irrigation method has the best control of water supplied?
a. flooding
b. furrow
c. sprinkling
d. sub-irrigation

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c. sprinkling

45
Q

The locus of the elevation to which water will rise in a piezometric
tube.
a. hydraulic gradient
b. energy gradient
c. Friction gradient
d. velocity gradient

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a. hydraulic gradient

46
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The power theoretically required to lift a given quantity of water each
second to specified height.
a. Stochastic process
b. Water horsepower
c. Brake horsepower
d. Barrow process

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b. Water horsepower

47
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It is the series of processes by which an organism takes in and
assimilates food for promoting growth and replacing worn-out or injured tissues:
a. digestion
b. metabolism
c. lactation
d. nutrition

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d. nutrition

48
Q

Term usually applied to microorganisms that require oxygen to live and
reproduce:
a. anaerobic
b. aerobic
c. mesophilic
d. thermophilic

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b. aerobic

49
Q

A structure for passing out water not needed for storage or diversion.
a. Water way structure
b. Spillway
c. Drop structure
d. Watershed structure

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b. Spillway

50
Q

The most stable and chief component of most soil on volumetric basis
a. Chemical element
b. Water
c. Mineral particles
d. Air

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c. Mineral particles

51
Q

A habit of some fowls of picking at or eating other fowls:
a. cannibalism
b. curing
c. mating
d. underpinning

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a. cannibalism

52
Q

The soil characteristic determining the maximum rate at which water can enter the soil under specific conditions including the presence of excess water is:
a. Infiltration
b. Capillarity
c. Infiltration rate
d. Surface tension

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c. Infiltration rate

53
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Water that moves freely and drains out of the soil is:
a. Hygroscopic water
b. Gravitational water
c. Capillary water
d. Sea water

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b. Gravitational water

54
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Detachment and transport of soil by concentrated flow of water creating shallow rills or furrows.
a. Interrill erosion
b. Rill erosion
c. Gully erosion
d. Stream channel erosion

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b. Rill erosion

55
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A management system wherein nutrients in the soil are being enhanced and/or maintain to support plant growth is:
a. soil management
b. water management
c. cropping management
d. fertilization

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a. soil management

56
Q

Fruit cracking occurs when fluctuation of water supply occurs on this/these plants:
a. tomato
b. eggplant
c. sweet pepper
d. a and b only

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a. tomato

57
Q

Example/s of biofertilizers is/are:
a. Nitro plus which contains Rhizobium bacteria
b. Bio-N containing Azosprillum
c. Mycovam containing mycorrhizae
d. all of the above

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d. all of the above

58
Q

Metabolic process by which complex substances are converted by living cells into more simple compounds
a. catabolism
b. anabolism
c. homogenism
d. metabolism

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a. catabolism

59
Q

For a dam to called SWIM Project the volume of storage should not exceed
a. 50 million cu.m
b. 75 million cu.m
c. 100 million cu.m
d. 125 million cu.m

A

a. 50 million cu.m

60
Q

The term that pertains to the end product of decomposition
a. slime
b. sludge
c. humus
d. organic matter

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c. humus

61
Q

Groundwater as a source of water for plant growth thru capillary action is effective only if the groundwater is?
a. Above the root zone
b. Within the depth from which the major needs ofthe plants are
extracted
c. Way above the rootzone
d. all of the above

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b. Within the depth from which the major needs ofthe plants are
extracted

62
Q

Temporary detainment of water in farm pond and dams to mitigate the erosive capacity of water
a. Riprap
b. Gabions
c. Diversion canal
d. Farm Ponds / Water Impounding Dams

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d. Farm Ponds / Water Impounding Dams

63
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The process of converting soil Nitrate into gaseous Nitrogen or Nitrous Oxide.
a. ammonification
b. nitrification
c. denitrification
d. siltation

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c. denitrification

64
Q

In the identification of potential dam site, which one is not a part of
the guideline
a. Availability of narrow gorge for minimum earth work for dam
embankment
b. Topographic condition providing a wide and deep reservoir upstream of the dam site
c. Availability of potential service area for irrigation, power, domestic water supply and flood control
d. NOTA

A

d. NOTA

65
Q

Motion of a float is recorded on a graph
a. Float method
b. Float type water stage recorder
c. Bubbler gage
d. Crest stage gage

A

b. Float type water stage recorder

66
Q

Water which has been absorbed from an atmosphere of water vapor as a result of attractive forces in the surface of the particles.
a. groundwater
b. hygroscopic water
c. capillary water
d. gravitational water

A

b. hygroscopic water

67
Q

Mixed flow pumps are used for:
a. High head, high discharge operation
b. low head, high discharge operation
c. high head, low discharge operation
d. low head, low discharge operation

A

b. low head, high discharge operation

68
Q

A tube or shaft vertically set into the ground for the purpose of
bringing groundwater to the soil surface from a depth of less than 20 meters by suction lifting
a. Headworks
b. Communal irrigation system
c. Shallow tubewell
d. Secondary canal

A

c. Shallow tubewell

69
Q

Water held by the surface tension forces as a continuous film around the particles and in the capillary spaces
a. groundwater
b. hygroscopic water
c. capillary water
d. gravitational water

A

c. capillary water

70
Q

The best way of managing a farm with high water table to obtain optimum yield is
a. Frequent application of high irrigation thru sprinkler during the
growth season
b. Application of heavy sprinkler irrigation during the rainy season
c. Application of large amount of irrigation water by a surface method
during the growing season
d. Non-application of water during the entire period of growing season

A

d. Non-application of water during the entire period of growing season

71
Q

The quotient of the weight of a volume of dry soil including air space and weight of an equal volume of water is:
a. apparent specific gravity*
b. real specific gravity
c. porosity
d. nota

A

a. apparent specific gravity*

72
Q

Removal of excess water in the soil to create conditions suitable for
plant growth.
a. Hose pipe
b. Watering can
c. Drainage
d. Overhead irrigation

A

c. Drainage

73
Q

Water that is not held by soil but drains under the influence of gravity.
a. groundwater
b. hygroscopic water
c. capillary water
d. gravitational water

A

d. gravitational water

74
Q

._________ are remains of plants and animals in varying stages of
decomposition
a. humus
b. organic matter
c. slime
d. sludge

A

b. organic matter

75
Q

A flower with all the parts of the perianth and pistil and stamen.
a. perfect flower
b. complete flower
c. complete & perfect flower
d. fertile flower

A

c. complete & perfect flower

76
Q

Considers further the skewness of the logarithmically transformed
hydrologic data; preferred for flood flow frequency; log-normal distribution is a special case of this method
a. Gamma Density Function
b. Pearson Type III Distribution
c. Log-Normal Distribution
d. Normal Distribution

A

b. Pearson Type III Distribution

77
Q

It pertains to the starchy interior of a grain.
a. endosperm
b. endocarp
c. epicotyls
d. ecotype

A

a. endosperm

78
Q

A land area drained by bodies of water is called
a. Watershed
b. Drainage area
c. Dam site
d. Borrow pits

A

a. Watershed

79
Q

It is the instrument used in measuring stream velocity.
a. anemometer
b. hydrograph
c. Current meter
d. None of the above

A

c. Current meter

80
Q

.___________ is the vertical section from the surface downward to the
bedrock, individual layers are regarded as horizons.
a. field profile
b. soil profile
c. water profile
d. plant profile

A

b. soil profile

81
Q

One among the ff. is not a major consideration for the SWIM Project
selection
a. Economically depressed and deprived regions
b. A multi project whenever possible
c. Areas with recurrent flooding
d. High population densities and heavy settlements

A

d. High population densities and heavy settlements

82
Q

This is determined by placing an air-dry soil in a nearly saturated
atmosphere at 25°C until it absorbs no more water. This tension is equal to a force of 31 atm. Water at this tension is not available to plants.
a. field capacity water
b. hygroscopic coefficient
c. gravitational coefficient
d. capillary coefficient

A

b. hygroscopic coefficient

83
Q

It is the circulation of water in the earth-atmosphere system.
a. Hydrology
b. Hydrologic cycle
c. Water balance
d. Water circulation

A

b. Hydrologic cycle

84
Q

A watershed management strategy where the area is left alone in each
natural state and there is minimum or no interference from man is
a.Rehabilitation
b.Vegetation
c.Manipulation
d.Protection

A

d.Protection

85
Q

A plant that thrives under medium conditions of moisture and salt
content of the soil.
a. mesophyte
b. sporophyte
c. thermophyte
d. agrophyte

A

a. mesophyte

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