AGSM 105 Exam 1 – Kingman UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Water Quality - CORRECT ANSWER the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of
water, usually in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose
domestic water use - CORRECT ANSWER used for household purposes: like drinking, food
preparation, bathing, washing clothes, dishes, and dogs, flushing toilets, and watering lawns
What percentage of domestic water is delivered to homes by a public-supply facility? - CORRECT
ANSWER 85%
what percentage of the nations population supplies their own water mainly from wells? - CORRECT
ANSWER 15%
Commercial Water use - CORRECT ANSWER used for motels, hotels, restraunts, office
buildings, other commercial facilities, and institutions.
- comes from both public supplied sources and self-supplied sources like wells.
Largest consumption of water in U.S. (45%) - CORRECT ANSWER Thermoelectric Power
Top 3 water uses in US - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Thermoelectric Power
2) Irrigation
3) Public Supply
Largest water Usage in Utah (72%) - CORRECT ANSWER Irrigation
livestock water use - CORRECT ANSWER used for livestock watering, feedlots, dairy
operations, fish farming, and other on-farm needs.
Watershed - CORRECT ANSWER land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or
lake
, ridge - CORRECT ANSWER line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map
Large watersheds contain thousands of smaller watersheds. - CORRECT ANSWER True
WHat is the name of the watershed boundary that separates the flow of water from the Pacific Ocean
to the Atlantic Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER Continental DIvide
Public Water SUpply - CORRECT ANSWER water withdrawn by public governments and
agencies, such as a county water department, and by private companies that is then delivered to users
what categories do public suppliers provide water to? - CORRECT ANSWER domestic
commercial
thermoelectric power
industrial
public
what is the rate of flow, in streams and rivers measured in? - CORRECT ANSWER Cubic Feet
per second (CFS)
1 CFS = - CORRECT ANSWER 7.48 gallons per second
Conveyance Loss - CORRECT ANSWER water that is lost in transit from a pipe, canal, or
ditch by leakage or evaporation. Normally not available for reuse.
What is another name for a watershed? - CORRECT ANSWER Drainage basin
Drawdown - CORRECT ANSWER a lowering of the groundwater surface caused by pumping.
artificial recharge - CORRECT ANSWER a process where water is put back into groundwater
storage from surface-water supplies such as irrigation, or induced infiltration from streams or wells.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Water Quality - CORRECT ANSWER the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of
water, usually in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose
domestic water use - CORRECT ANSWER used for household purposes: like drinking, food
preparation, bathing, washing clothes, dishes, and dogs, flushing toilets, and watering lawns
What percentage of domestic water is delivered to homes by a public-supply facility? - CORRECT
ANSWER 85%
what percentage of the nations population supplies their own water mainly from wells? - CORRECT
ANSWER 15%
Commercial Water use - CORRECT ANSWER used for motels, hotels, restraunts, office
buildings, other commercial facilities, and institutions.
- comes from both public supplied sources and self-supplied sources like wells.
Largest consumption of water in U.S. (45%) - CORRECT ANSWER Thermoelectric Power
Top 3 water uses in US - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Thermoelectric Power
2) Irrigation
3) Public Supply
Largest water Usage in Utah (72%) - CORRECT ANSWER Irrigation
livestock water use - CORRECT ANSWER used for livestock watering, feedlots, dairy
operations, fish farming, and other on-farm needs.
Watershed - CORRECT ANSWER land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or
lake
, ridge - CORRECT ANSWER line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map
Large watersheds contain thousands of smaller watersheds. - CORRECT ANSWER True
WHat is the name of the watershed boundary that separates the flow of water from the Pacific Ocean
to the Atlantic Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER Continental DIvide
Public Water SUpply - CORRECT ANSWER water withdrawn by public governments and
agencies, such as a county water department, and by private companies that is then delivered to users
what categories do public suppliers provide water to? - CORRECT ANSWER domestic
commercial
thermoelectric power
industrial
public
what is the rate of flow, in streams and rivers measured in? - CORRECT ANSWER Cubic Feet
per second (CFS)
1 CFS = - CORRECT ANSWER 7.48 gallons per second
Conveyance Loss - CORRECT ANSWER water that is lost in transit from a pipe, canal, or
ditch by leakage or evaporation. Normally not available for reuse.
What is another name for a watershed? - CORRECT ANSWER Drainage basin
Drawdown - CORRECT ANSWER a lowering of the groundwater surface caused by pumping.
artificial recharge - CORRECT ANSWER a process where water is put back into groundwater
storage from surface-water supplies such as irrigation, or induced infiltration from streams or wells.
