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ENVS 1126 Test 2 (2025) comprehensive
questions and verified answers ( detailed &
elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!
The kinetic energy of water is at its lowest when Select
one:
a. water percolates through soil.
b. rain forms.
c. water evaporates.
d. ice forms. - ✔ANASWER✔-d. ice forms.
The largest reserves of freshwater on Earth are found in Select
one:
a. lakes and wetlands.
b. polar ice caps and glaciers.
c. aquifers.
d. rivers and groundwater. - ✔ANASWER✔-b. polar ice caps
and glaciers
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Water in the oceans may become freshwater that is
available to humans through the processes of Select one:
a. evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
b. transpiration, purification, and precipitation.
c. precipitation and infiltration.
d. condensation and infiltration. - ✔ANASWER✔-a.
evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
If a cold front moves into a moist region,
Select one:
a. humidity will likely decrease.
b. photosynthesis will increase.
c. evaporation will increase.
d. the chances of precipitation will increase. -
✔ANASWER✔-d. the chances of precipitation will increase.
We expect the highest relative humidity on a soccer field
during the summer on a Select one:
a. cool evening during a drought.
b. cool evening after a heavy rain.
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c. hot afternoon during a drought.
d. hot afternoon following a heavy rain - ✔ANASWER✔-b.
cool evening after a heavy rain.
Some lakes have river and stream tributaries but no outlet,
losing water mainly through evaporation. Over time, we expect
that such lakes will Select one:
a. increase their fishing productivity.
b. be good sources of drinking water.
c. become deeper.
d. become saltier. - ✔ANASWER✔-d. become saltier.
In the western United States, rain shadows most frequently
occur on Select one:
a. the windward, west side of mountain ranges.
b. the northern slopes of mountains, which receive less sunlight.
c. the southern slopes of mountains, which receive more
sunlight.
d. the leeward, east side of mountain ranges. - ✔ANASWER✔-
d. the leeward, east side of mountain ranges.
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Hadley cells at the equator consist of Select
one:
a. warm, moist air rising up the sides of mountains and cool,
dry air descending on the leeward sides.
b. cool, dry air rising up the sides of mountains and warm,
moist air descending on the leeward sides.
c. rising, moist air that produces precipitation and rain forests,
and falling, dry air associated with deserts.
d. rising, dry air associated with deserts and falling, moist air
that produces precipitation and rain forests. - ✔ANASWER✔-c.
rising, moist air that produces precipitation and rain forests, and
falling, dry air associated with deserts.
How has converting forests to mostly paved urban areas
changed the streams and rivers in the affected watersheds?
Select one:
a. Levels of water flow and pollution have decreased.
b. Flooding has decreased.
c. Infiltration shifts to runoff.
d. Evaporation has increased. - ✔ANASWER✔-c. Infiltration
shifts to runoff.
ENVS 1126 Test 2 (2025) comprehensive
questions and verified answers ( detailed &
elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TEST!
The kinetic energy of water is at its lowest when Select
one:
a. water percolates through soil.
b. rain forms.
c. water evaporates.
d. ice forms. - ✔ANASWER✔-d. ice forms.
The largest reserves of freshwater on Earth are found in Select
one:
a. lakes and wetlands.
b. polar ice caps and glaciers.
c. aquifers.
d. rivers and groundwater. - ✔ANASWER✔-b. polar ice caps
and glaciers
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Water in the oceans may become freshwater that is
available to humans through the processes of Select one:
a. evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
b. transpiration, purification, and precipitation.
c. precipitation and infiltration.
d. condensation and infiltration. - ✔ANASWER✔-a.
evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
If a cold front moves into a moist region,
Select one:
a. humidity will likely decrease.
b. photosynthesis will increase.
c. evaporation will increase.
d. the chances of precipitation will increase. -
✔ANASWER✔-d. the chances of precipitation will increase.
We expect the highest relative humidity on a soccer field
during the summer on a Select one:
a. cool evening during a drought.
b. cool evening after a heavy rain.
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c. hot afternoon during a drought.
d. hot afternoon following a heavy rain - ✔ANASWER✔-b.
cool evening after a heavy rain.
Some lakes have river and stream tributaries but no outlet,
losing water mainly through evaporation. Over time, we expect
that such lakes will Select one:
a. increase their fishing productivity.
b. be good sources of drinking water.
c. become deeper.
d. become saltier. - ✔ANASWER✔-d. become saltier.
In the western United States, rain shadows most frequently
occur on Select one:
a. the windward, west side of mountain ranges.
b. the northern slopes of mountains, which receive less sunlight.
c. the southern slopes of mountains, which receive more
sunlight.
d. the leeward, east side of mountain ranges. - ✔ANASWER✔-
d. the leeward, east side of mountain ranges.
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Hadley cells at the equator consist of Select
one:
a. warm, moist air rising up the sides of mountains and cool,
dry air descending on the leeward sides.
b. cool, dry air rising up the sides of mountains and warm,
moist air descending on the leeward sides.
c. rising, moist air that produces precipitation and rain forests,
and falling, dry air associated with deserts.
d. rising, dry air associated with deserts and falling, moist air
that produces precipitation and rain forests. - ✔ANASWER✔-c.
rising, moist air that produces precipitation and rain forests, and
falling, dry air associated with deserts.
How has converting forests to mostly paved urban areas
changed the streams and rivers in the affected watersheds?
Select one:
a. Levels of water flow and pollution have decreased.
b. Flooding has decreased.
c. Infiltration shifts to runoff.
d. Evaporation has increased. - ✔ANASWER✔-c. Infiltration
shifts to runoff.
