Question 1 Water interception by vegetation depends in part on:
a) the type of rocks
b) the temperature
c) the amount of organisms in the soil
d) the structure and density of plants
Question 2 Which material exhibits the greatest infiltration rates?
a) concrete
b) granite rock
c) sand
d) clay
Question 3 The most correct answer regarding the factors influencing the velocity of a stream is
a) volume of water
b) gradient (or slope) and depth of water in channel
c) depth of water in channel
d) gradient or slope
Question 4 What is the discharge of a river with an average depth of 2 meters, width of 3 meters and a flow velocity of 5 meters/second?
a) 3.0 m2/sec
b) 30 m3/sec
c) 1.2 m/sec
d) 7.5 m2/sec
Question 5 The upper unsaturated zone in the ground is termed the:
a) supersaturated zone
b) vadose zone
c) phreatic zone
d) saturated zone
Question 6 What two factors determine stream discharge?
a) depth of stream and slope
b) Gradient and depth of stream
c) Velocity and (cross-sectional) area of stream
d) Velocity and length of stream
Question 7 From the discussion in lecture, what human activities affect Infiltration the most?
a) All of the options given
b) Logging
c) Agriculture
d) Urbanization
Question 8 A line of conflict between two air masses of different temperature, pressure, humidity, wind direction, and speed is a:
a) front
b) cyclone
c) center of low pressure
d) center of high pressure
Question 9 The reason behind higher rainfall on the west slope of the Cascade compared to its eastern slope is due to __________, which is an atmospheric lifting mechanism.
a) Convectional lifting
b) Convergent lifting
c) Orographic lifting
d) Frontal lifting
Question 10 ___________ and _________ conditions resulting from relatively ________ pressure conditions are generally associated with _________ fronts.
a) Cloudy/ drizzly/ high/ warm
b) Cloudy/ cold/ low/ warm
c) Clear sky/ drizzly/ low/ warm
d) Cloudy/ drizzly/ low/ warm
Question 11 There are _____types of atmospheric lifting mechanisms.
a) 4
b) 6
c) 3
d) 5
Question 12 Cold fronts tend to move______, be more ________ (horizontally speaking), and have more______ cloud formations than warm fronts.
a) Faster/ narrow/ simple.
b) Slower/ narrow/ simple.
c) Faster/ narrow/ complex.
d) Faster/ wider/ simple.
Question 13 The Koppen Climate Classification main advantages are ____________.
a) climate mechanisms (causes) behind patterns are clearly explained
b) best correlation with climate data at fine-spatial scales (e.g. city scale).
c) It incorporate a large set of climate parameters, including temperature, precipitation, and net radiation
d) good fit with real global data