Key - Exam 1 Example - Environmental Geology

1. deforestation

42. chilling, cooling

2. air and water pollution

43. bombing, walls, barriers

3. over use of natural resources

44. volcano burped carbon dioxide which

4. d

settled down the side of the mountain 

5. e

and asphyxiated the people. 

6. earth systems

45. c

7. better understanding of hazards associated with

46. e

specific boundary types.

47. well injection near Denver, CO , filling of Hoover Dam

Transform - earthquake, San Andres Fault

48. structures on bedrock are not impacted as much because the material is 

Convergent - volcanoes, Cascade Range

solid.material amplification takes place in the unconsolidated deposits resulting 

8. f 

in greater damage.

9. ground rupture 

49. earthquake monitoring

10. ground shaking 

50. changes in gases

11. liquefaction 

51. tiltmeters

12. landslides 

52. magnetic surveys or temperature surveys

13. d 

53. b

14. seismic gap

54. b

15. c 

55. Yes, built on old lahar area. Hazard map prepared and distributed but 

16. f 

these were ignored.

17. b

56. e

18. t 

57. d

19. e 

58. a

20. e 

59. a

21.

60. 10 m3/km2/yr

22. a 

61. No. average life expectancy for reservoirs ranges from 50-150 years.  Reservoir would fill in about 100 years based on the calculated sedimentation rate which is within the design life of the reservoir.

23. look at your notes

62.  Look this one up in your text or notes

24. a

 

25. c

 

26. c

 

27. not included as an example

 

28. not included as an example

 

29. d

 

30. a

 

31. e

 

32. d

 

33. not included as an example

 

34. faults create permeable zones for water

35. new sediments derived from volcanic material

36. a

37. f

38. d

39. f

40. t

41. d