Geoscience Education in the Mountain State,
CATS Environmental Science, Fall 1999:
Quiz 3 (25 Points)--Due November 15 by 6:00 pm
Quiz Instructions:
You may submit your quiz answers using one of the following four methods (Regardless of the method you use, don't forget to
include your name.):
- fax to Tom Repine,
fax number: 304-594-2575
- regular mail to Tom Repine postmarked no later than the quiz due date,
address: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Mont Chateau Research Center
P.O. Box 879
Morgantown, WV 26507-0879
- handing a hard copy to your facilitator, or
- electronically.
Please note that the electronic format has changed. The on-line form will no longer be used. Please read and
follow the instructions shown below to submit your answers electronically.
- Compose your answers in a word processor such as WordPerfect or Word.
- Save a copy of your answers.
- Click on the quiz e-mail submission address, repine@wvgs.wvnet.edu.
- Cut and paste your answers from your word processor into the body of the e-mail box. You do not need to retype the
questions. But, please number the answers to correspond to the question number.
- Make sure that your e-mail address is clearly visible.
- Send the e-mail.
- Tom will confirm that your submission was successful with a short response.
Quiz Questions:
- +5 The withdrawal of ground water from unconsolidated sediments in Arizona and other southwestern states has resulted
in substantial subsidence in some areas. Explain why this happens.
+2 Can the process be reversed?
- +3 In West Virginia, there are numerous springs on some hillsides. Explain this phenomenon.
+3 Why do some streams in West Virginia flow even after a prolonged drought (say, two months or more with essentially no
rainfall)?
+3 Identify how you personally obtain your water supply at home. Identify the aquifer if it is ground water (sandstone,
limestone, sand and gravel, coal).
- +3 What problems arise in the American southwest (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, etc.) as a result of overgrazing of
semi-arid land?
- +3 If sea level rise continues at a dramatic pace, what will be the fate of the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the
vicinity of Nags Head, North Carolina?
- +3 While walking the beach along the Outer Banks, you chance upon a wave-worn chunk of brown-black material washed up
to the high tide level. You examine the material and it turns out to be peat! Where did it come from and about how
old do you believe it to be? Hint: it was eroded from its position in-situ and washed up on the beach.
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