Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc.
1210B Salazar Road - Taos, NM USA 87571
Phone: (800) 293-2725 or (575) 758-5535 - Fax: (575) 758-5536
E-mail: info@tasagraphicarts.com
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Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. 1210B Salazar Road - Taos, NM USA 87571 Phone: (800) 293-2725 or (575) 758-5535 - Fax: (575) 758-5536 E-mail: info@tasagraphicarts.com |
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Earth's Dynamic Surface
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| 1) |
Much of the rainwater
returns to the atmosphere after a storm in 2 ways. Name them. |
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| 2) | Water soaking into the ground
is termed? |
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| 3) | What does infiltrated water do for the groundwater? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 4) |
What is the term for the contact
between the unsaturated and saturated zone? |
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| 5) | Clicking on saturated zone,
define an aquifer. |
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| 6) | Why do some streams almost never
run dry? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 7) | Streams discussed in question #6
are termed? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 8) | Water that does not infiltrate
is termed? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 9) | What 2 factors cause flooding? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 10) Average rainfall
for Albuquerque, NM ________________________________________? New York City ________________________________________? |
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| 11) What else minimizes
the amount of available water in Albuquerque? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 12) What type of sediments
make up Albuquerque’s aquifer? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 13) What forms during
pumping? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 14) Is recharge greater
or less than it was before in Albuquerque? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 15) What problem does
Albuquerque face in the next few years with water supply? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 16) | What is a spring? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 17) | Define a cave. ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 18) | What is the common rock making
caves? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 19) | Which chemical reaction forms caves? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 20) | What is a sinkhole? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 21) | Looking at location map of sinkholes
and caves, what type of rocks are most common in red areas? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 22) | What environment were the rocks
that make up sinkholes and caves deposited? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 23) | Define karst. ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 24) | What’s a speleothem? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 25) | What’s a stalactite? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 26) | What’s a stalagmite? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 27) | What’s a soda straw? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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