Watershed management MCQs
Watershed management MCQs
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1: Acre is equal to how many square feet?
A. 43,560
B. 2.5
C. 25,280
D. 9,600
E. 9,504
2: Acre is the abbreviation for what unit of land area?
A. 1 square kilometer
B. 0.09 hectare
C. 10,000 square feet
D. 43,560 square feet
E. 10 acres
3: A measure of water volume equal to a land area of one acre with a depth of one foot is equal to what?
A. Acre-Foot
B. Cubic Foot
C. Gallon
D. Meter
4: How many acres are in a acre-foot of water?
A. One
B. Ten
C. A hundred
D. 100
5: What can algae cause to decrease?
A. Decreased aquatic vegetation
B. Water quality
C. Wildlife populations
D. The cost of energy
E. Increased algae blooms
6: What can cause an increase in algal growth?
A. High amounts of nutrients such as nitrogen
B. A rise in the water temperature
C. High light levels
D. A drop in the water temperature
E. A drop in water temperature
7: What can algae trigger?
A. Algal toxins
B. Algal blooms
C. Excessive algal growth
8: What is the name of the type of plant that grows in water?
A. Saltwater
B. A bamboo
C. Aquatic
D. A lily
E. Marine
9: What is aquatics most often associated with?
A. Exercise or physical activity
B. Recreation
C. Playing games in, or needing fresh water to participate in
D. Being able to breathe under water
E. Growing or living in, or often found in water
10: What do you normally plant around the Aquatic Bench?
A. Fruit trees
B. Wetland vegetation
C. Annual flowers
D. Groundcover
E. Woody plants
11: What is the depth normally of Aquatic Bench?
A. Two to four feet
B. One foot to two feet
C. Two feet to four feet
D. One to two feet
E. Zero to twelve inches
12: What does an aquifer supply to wells and springs?
A. Rainwater
B. Municipal water
C. Surface water
D. Groundwater
13: What is an aquifer capable of absorbing?
A. Polluted water
B. Sewage
C. Oil
D. Gas
E. Water
14: What is the term for the flow at which a stream begins to overflow its banks?
A. Catastrophic Flow
B. Overflow
C. Torrent
D. Bankfull Flow
E. Embarrassing Flow
15: What's the first thing that causes a stream to overflow its banks?
A. Heavy rainfall
B. A large animal
C. Full flow
D. A heavy rain
E. Snowmelt
16: What does ground water seeping into a stream cause?
A. Wetlands
B. Fish migration
C. Streamflow
D. Erosion
E. Ponds
17: What is an aquatic animal that has no backbone?
A. Fish
B. Benthic Macroinvertebrate
C. Amphibian
18: A mound of earth formed to control the flow of surface water is called what?
A. Berm
B. Reservoir
C. Dam
D. Slope
19: What is a berm used for?
A. Prevent flooding
B. Control the flow of surface water
C. Prevent soil erosion
D. Protect a flood area from erosion
E. Protect a road or walking path from erosion
20: What is an example of a structural best management practice?
A. Properly sizing the distribution network
B. Achieving environmental integrity
C. Green infrastructure
D. Stormwater ponds
E. Comprehensive risk management
21: What is the term used to describe techniques to reduce pollutants in stormwater runoff?
A. Rain gardens
B. Conservation practices
C. Green infrastructure
D. Structural best management practices
E. Agricultural best management practices
22: What is a practice designed to lessen the impacts of changes in land use?
A. Urban sprawl
B. Subdivision
C. Best Management Practice
D. Carbon Payments
E. Erosion Control
23: What is the term for landscaping and soils used to collect urban stormwater runoff?
A. Green infrastructure
B. Urban rain garden
C. Rain gardens
D. Bioretention
24: What is another term for bioretention?
A. A water quality practice
B. Stormwater management
C. A rain garden
D. A green infrastructure approach
E. Green infrastructure
25: What is the total potential land development based on current and future land development and zoning plans?
A. 20
B. 219 acres
C. 2,499 acres
D. 10
E. Build-out
26: How much land development potential is Build-out?
A. 10% of the total potential
B. The potential for new development
C. The total potential
D. The potential for current development
27: What is an area of plant cover next to shorelines, wetlands, or streams?
A. Grassland
B. Buffer
C. Forest
28: What is the term used to refer to the area next to streams and wetlands?
A. Riparian Buffer
B. Streamlined Landscape
C. Wetlands
D. Marshes
29: What is the smallest watershed management unit?
A. Unit of water measurement
B. Catchment
C. River
D. Area of land in a watershed
E. Lake
30: What is a channel?
A. A natural or manmade waterway
B. A portal or entrance to an area
C. A television or radio program
D. A type of computer cable
E. A large group of people
31: What type of waterway is a Channel?
A. A canal
B. A river
C. A natural or manmade
32: What does a channel provide access to?
A. TV signals
B. Electricity
C. TV shows
D. Water
E. Air
33: What is the name of the model that classifies channels based on the characteristics of a streambed and the banks of a stream?
A. Stream Channel Model
B. Channel Modelling Technique
C. Channel Evolution Model
D. Channel Classification Model
E. Channel Mapping Model
34: What is the name of the agreement that was signed to restore the Chesapeake Bay?
A. Clean Water Act
B. The Clean Water Act
C. Chesapeake 2000 Agreement
D. Bay Agreement
E. The Great Lakes Agreement
35: What is the acronym for Resource Protection Area?
A. PSRA
B. RAMP
C. EPA
D. RPA
36: A resource protection area and a resource management area are both types of what?
A. Wildlife Refuges
B. Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas
C. National Forests
D. National Parks
37: What is the point where two or more streams join to create a combined, larger stream?
A. A dam
B. A river delta
C. Confluence
D. A waterfall
38: What does a confluence create?
A. A junction of two rivers
B. A pool of water
C. A combined, larger stream
D. A place where water pools
E. A place where two rivers meet
39: What is a common source of the particles that cause deposition?
A. Dust
B. Snow melt
C. Stream bank erosion
D. Rain
E. Rain fall
40: What is the temporary storage of stormwater runoff used to control?
A. Streams
B. Detention
C. Wetlands
D. Peak runoff amounts
41: What is the process of temporarily holding stormwater runoff to control peak runoff amounts?
A. Erosion control
B. Detention
C. Filter planting
D. Impervious surface
E. Swale
42: What is the mechanism of detention?
A. The detention of pollutants
B. The temporary storage of stormwater runoff
C. The temporary storage of garbage
D. The temporary storage of wastewater
E. The prevention of flooding
43: What is a Detention Basin called when it is not flooded?
A. Wet Pond
B. Dry Pond
C. Reservoir
44: What is the name of a stormwater management pond that holds runoff only temporarily?
A. Detention Basin
B. Ponds
C. Stormwater Pond
D. Wetlands
E. Pig Pond
45: When is a detention basin dry?
A. When the water level is low
B. During periods of no rainfall
C. When the water level reaches the top of the basin
D. When there is no flow of water
E. When the dam is full
46: What is the term for the volume of water that passes a given location within a given period of time?
A. Stream
B. Flows
C. Discharge
D. Amount
E. Flume
47: What is expressed in cubic feet per second?
A. The volume of water that passes a given location
B. The number of times per second that a bell rings
C. The temperature of mercury in a thermometer tube
D. The speed of sound in air
E. The speed of sound
48: Oxygen is necessary to support what in a body of water?
A. Jellyfish
B. Fish
C. Plant life
D. Life
49: What is the amount of oxygen in a liquid?
A. Air
B. Liquid
C. Gasoline
D. Dissolved Oxygen
E. Gas
50: What is the process of removing excess water or groundwater from land?
A. Desalination
B. Drainage
C. Pumping
D. Composting
51: What is drainage?
A. A river or stream
B. A system of pipes used to convey water from high places to low places
C. The removal of excess surface water or groundwater from land
D. The flow of water away from an area
E. The act of conveying water off of a surface
52: What is the area of land draining to a single outlet point?
A. Canal
B. Biome
C. Watershed
D. Pier
E. Drainage Area
53: What is a dwelling unit intended for use as a complete independent living facility?
A. A motel
B. A hotel
C. A residential building or part of a building
D. A room in a hospital
E. A mobilehome
54: What does an ecosystem consist of?
A. The chemical reactions between elements in the environment
B. Living things, their genes, and the nonliving components of their environment
C. Parts of organisms and their environment
D. The physical environment and all the living things in it
E. All of the organisms in an ecological community and their environment that together
55: What is the environment of an ecosystem?
A. All of the organisms in an ecological community and their environment
B. A complex, interconnected web of ecosystems where organisms and their environment interact
C. The physical environment and the living organisms
D. The living organisms and their environment
E. A closed system where all of the organisms are in direct contact with each other
56: What flows from sewage plants?
A. Sludge
B. Effluent
C. Clean water
D. Water
E. Pollution
57: What does effluent come from a treatment plant after?
A. Fertilizer
B. A mixture of treated and untreated
C. Untreated
D. Treated
58: What is the removal of soil by rapid flows called?
A. Deposition
B. Sedimentation
C. Erosion
59: What happens when erosion occurs?
A. The filling in of the land surface
B. The wearing away of the land surface
C. The displacement of water and other elements across the land surface
D. The deposition of new material on the land surface
E. The deposition of sediment on the land surface
60: Which body of water is partially enclosed by a combination of rivers, streams, and the ocean?
A. River
B. Estuary
C. Gulf of Mexico
D. Lake
E. Pacific Ocean
61: What do estuaries get protection from?
A. Shifting sand banks
B. Salinity
C. Ocean waves, winds, and storms
D. PH levels
E. Gulls
62: What process can cause excess nutrients in water?
A. Eutrophication
B. Seepage
C. Overgrazing
D. Pollution
63: What process reduces oxygen in water?
A. Wastewater treatment
B. Reverse osmosis
C. Excess algae
D. Aeration
64: What are some major causes of eutrophication?
A. The release of energy from decaying organic matter
B. The process of over-enrichment of waterbodies by nutrients
C. Incorrect use of fertilizers
D. The accumulation of organic matter in waterbodies
E. Polluting activities
65: What is the process of water being lost from the earth's surface by plants?
A. Transpiration
B. Precipitation
C. Convection
D. Radiation
E. Evapotranspiration
66: What happens to water while it is evaporating?
A. The loss of water to the atmosphere
B. The loss of water to the ground
C. The conversion of water to steam
D. The gain of water vapor in the atmosphere
67: What is a still body of water found on farmland?
A. Farm Pond
B. River
C. Lake
D. Stream
68: What type of land is farm?
A. Desert
B. City
C. Forest
D. Farmland
69: What type of bacteria are fecal?
A. Escherichia coli O157:H7
B. Bacterial
C. Fungal
D. Coliform
70: What type of bacteria are indicators of pollution from human and/or animal excrement?
A. Bacteria from Human or Animal Excrement
B. Escherichia Coli
C. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
D. E. Coli
E. Fecal Coliform
71: In what type of vegetation can a wildflower meadow be found?
A. Forest
B. Grasslands
C. Evergreen
D. Deciduous
E. Mixed vegetative cover
72: What is the name of the first portion of stormwater runoff?
A. Third Flush
B. Grey Water
C. First Flush
D. Second Flush
73: What does the term first flush mean?
A. The first time a water system flushes its pipes
B. The first time wastewater is released from a wastewater treatment plant
C. The first time the toilet is used
D. The amount of water that is expelled from the anus in one flush
E. The first portion of stormwater runoff usually containing the highest pollutant concentration resulting from a rainfall event
74: What feature allows fish to move between various habitat types?
A. Echinoids
B. Coral Reefs
C. Swimming
D. Fish Passage
E. Invertebrates
75: What is the term for the area subject to continuous or periodic flooding?
A. Flood limit
B. Low lying area
C. Floodway
D. Special flood hazard area
76: What is flooding?
A. A meteorological phenomenon in which a body of water rises over its banks
B. The overflowing of a reservoir or river
C. A natural disaster caused by heavy rains or snowmelt
D. The inundation of land next to streams and waterbodies
77: What does the term mean?
A. A great number
B. A natural disaster
C. Drought
D. Heavy rainfall
E. Flooding
78: What is a small non-woody plant not considered to be?
A. Liverwort
B. Lily
C. Fern
D. Grass
79: What can accumulate in the Stormwater Pond if it is not removed easily?
A. Leaves
B. Pollutants
C. Sediment
D. Grass
80: What is the function of the inlet of a stormwater pond?
A. To hold rainwater
B. To trap incoming sediment
C. To help regulate water temperature
D. To hold water during a drought
E. To release rainwater slowly
81: What is an example of a use for a cage filled with rocks?
A. Encourage salmon migration
B. Separate hawks and eagles
C. Stabilize stream banks
D. Control the spread of harmful insects
E. Separate wildlife populations
82: GIS systems are commonly used for what?
A. Geographic information systems
B. Planning
C. Surveying
D. Mapping and spatial analysis
E. Cartography
83: What type of system is GIS?
A. A mapping software
B. A surveying instrument
C. A computer system for mapping and spatial analysis
D. A system for data capture and analysis
E. A system of classification and mapping
84: What type of geomorphology is the study of rivers and streams?
A. Fluvial geomorphology
B. Terrestrial geomorphology
C. Glacial geomorphology
D. Geomorphology of glaciers
85: What are grassy swales used for?
A. Prevent erosion and preserve water resources
B. Protect soil from erosion
C. Temporarily store, route, or filter out pollutants and sediments from runoff
D. Improve air quality by reducing exposure to pollutants
E. Prevent flooding
86: What does Graywater not contain?
A. Soap
B. Garbage
C. Human waste
D. Hair
E. Sewage
87: What is the upper surface of the saturated zone called?
A. The surface of the ocean
B. The boundary layer
C. The water table
D. The top of the atmosphere
E. The free stream
88: What do springs and wells provide as part of their service?
A. Groundwater
B. Telephone service
C. Drinking water
D. Sewage disposal
E. Sewerage
89: What is the flow of water from the ground to a receiving waterbody?
A. River Outflow
B. Surface water Infiltration
C. Groundwater Discharge
D. Stormwater Runoff
E. Stream Outflow
90: What kind of water flow is the Groundwater Discharge?
A. The flow of water from a lower elevation to a higher elevation
B. The flow of water through an open channel
C. The flow of water from a lake or stream to the ground
D. The flow of water from the ground to a receiving waterbody such as a stream or lake
E. The flow of water from a well or aquifer to a receiving waterbody
91: What type of erosional feature causes a small waterfall to occur?
A. Fissure
B. Slide
C. Rill
D. Sinkhole
E. Headcut
92: What feature results in a small waterfall?
A. A small entrance
B. A large plunge
C. No flow over the headcut
D. Flow over the headcut
E. A narrow or vertical waterfall
93: What is the source of a stream or watercourse?
A. Creek
B. Headwater
C. Tributary
D. Reservoir
94: A headwater is the source of what?
A. A stream or watercourse
B. A lake
C. A river
95: Where does the term headwater come from?
A. The source of a stream or watercourse
B. The top of a mountain
C. The highest point in a river valley
D. A place where rain falls
96: What are chemicals used to control plants?
A. Herbicides
B. Fertilizers
C. Pesticides
97: What are herbicides used to control or kill?
A. Fungi
B. Fertilizers
C. Weeds
D. Insects
E. Plants
98: What are some examples of Herbicides?
A. Organic fertilizers made from plant or animal materials
B. Chemicals used to improve crop production
C. Chemicals used to control or kill plants
D. Pesticides used to control pests
E. Herbicides that are specifically designed to kill wild plants
99: What is the science and technology of stationary and active behavior of fluids?
A. Fluid dynamics
B. Aerodynamics
C. Hydraulics
D. Chemical engineering
100: What type of science and technology is hydrolics?
A. The physical
B. Chemical
C. The environmental
D. Biological
E. The mathematical
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