Lesson 1: Introduction to Hydrogeology

Question 1

A colorless transparent, odorless tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Answer 1

Water

Question 2

Another nickname of the earth because
71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water with an average of 3,500 meters depth

Answer 2

Blue planet

Question 3

Percentage of fresh water supply around the globe

Answer 3

2.56%

Question 4

Percentage of fresh water stored in glacial ice.

Answer 4

68.75% or 1.76%

Question 5

Percentage of freshwater stored in groundwater and subsurface water.

Answer 5

30.07% or 0.77%

Question 6

Percentage of fresh water stored in surface water, soil moisture, and atmosphere.

Answer 6

1.18%

Question 7

Percentage of saline water around the globe.

Answer 7

97.44%

Question 8

Percentage of saline groundwater around the globe.

Answer 8

0.94%

Question 9

Study of occurrence, distribution, movement, and chemistry of all waters

Answer 9

Hydrology

Question 10

Study of the interrelationship of geologic materials and processes with water.

Answer 10

Hydrogeology

Question 11

An engineering field dealing with subsurface fluid hydrology.

Answer 11

Geohydrology

Question 12

High amount of electrically charged atom or dissolved ions in the water.

Answer 12

Salinity

Question 13

Low amount of charged atoms.

Answer 13

Freshwater

Question 14

A precipitation that is temporarily stored as ice, snow, water puddles

Answer 14

Depression storage

Question 15

Water that flows in the land surface to the gullies.

Answer 15

Overland flow

Question 16

Water entering or seeping in the subsurface.

Answer 16

Infiltration

Question 17

Soil pores contain both air and water.

Answer 17

Vadose Zone or Zone of aeration

Question 18

It is located on the top of the vadose zone. Roots can even reach this zone.

Answer 18

Belt of Vadose Zone

Question 19

Lateral flow of water in the vadose zone.

Answer 19

Interflow

Question 20

Excess water in the vadose zone are pulled down by gravity.

Answer 20

Gravity drainage

Question 21

It is the lowest point of vadose zone where water saturation approached by 100%.

Answer 21

Capillary Fringe

Question 22

The top zone of saturation.

Answer 22

Water table

Question 23

It is the water saturation zone. It seeps into rock and soil layer and discharge as a spring, lake, ocean, and river.

Answer 23

Groundwater

Question 24

Water deep in the crust.

Answer 24

Magmatic water

Question 25

Groundwater contribution to a stream.

Answer 25

Baseflow

Question 26

The total flow of a stream.

Answer 26

Runoff

Question 27

A continuous transfer of water between ocean, atmosphere, and land. This cycle is driven by solar radiation

Answer 27

Hydrologic Cycle

Question 28

Amount of heat required when water condense to a liquid form.

Answer 28

Latent heat of condensation

Question 29

The heat required to melt 1g of ice at 0 degrees.

Answer 29

79.7 cal of heat

Question 30

What is latent heat of fusion?

Answer 30

Heat require to melt 1g of ice at 0 degrees

Question 31

The outline of surface water boundaries.

Answer 31

Topographic Divides

Question 32

Volume of water discharge in a specific zone.

Answer 32

Groundwater Basin

Question 33

Formula for Latent Heat energy

Answer 33

Hv = 597.3 - 0.564T

Question 34

heat required to melt 1 g of ice at 0 o C

Answer 34

latent heat of fusion

Question 35

process of turning solid into a vapor

Answer 35

sublimation

Question 36

energy required to turn solid into vapor

Answer 36

677 cal/g

Question 37

hydrologic equation

Answer 37

Inflow = outflow +/-changes in storage

Question 38

the land area sloping toward a particular discharge point.

Answer 38

catchment or drainage basin

Question 39

elements of inflow must be measured over the same time periods as the outflow.

Answer 39

time-dependent