Part VI Video Quiz 2 Ogallala Aquifer and The Dust Bowl Jack Stauber-2
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Question 1
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From the Ogallala Aquifer video: Stan Townsend says one of the wells on
his property used to pump 2,000 gallons per minuted. How many gallons
per minute did he says it pumps now?
400 gallons per minute
1,200 gallons per minute
Correct! 600 gallons per minute
1,500 gallons per minute
800 gallons per minute
2 / 2 pts
Question 2
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From the Ogallala Aquifer video: The Kansas Geological Survey found the
water level of the aquifer was dropping at what rate from 1996 onward?
Correct! 1 foot per year
14 feet per year
2 feet per year
6 inches per year
10 inches per year
2 / 2 pts
Question 3
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From the Ogallala Aquifer video: The rate at which the aquifer water level
dropped suddenly doubled in 2011 and 2012, how much did it drop in
each of these years?
About 14 feet
About 1 foot
About 6 feet
Correct! About 2 feet
About 4 feet
2 / 2 pts
Question 4
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From the Ogallala Aquifer video: What is the term used for rainwater
filtering through the ground to recharge the aquifer?
Deposition
Transpiration
Evaporation
Precipitation
Correct! Percolation
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Question 5
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From the Ogallala Aquifer video: In an effort to help conserve the water in
the aquifer, multiple farmers have started an effort to reduce their
pumping by how much?
10%
15%
Correct! 20%
25%
30%
2 / 2 pts
Question 6
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From the Dust Bowl video: From 1900 to 1920, the amount of farmland in
the Plains region double. From 1925 to 1930, the amount of cultivated
land grew by how much?
Sextupled
Quadrupled
Correct! Tripled
Doubled
Quintupled
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Question 7
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From the Dust Bowl video: How large of an area was referred to as The
Dust Bowl?
Correct! Over one million acres
Over one billion acres
Over five hundred thousand acres
Over five million acres
Over one hundred thousand acres
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Question 8
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From the Dust Bowl video: The Civilian Conservation Corp planted how
many trees in an effort to block the winds?
Two billion
Two hundred billion
Correct! Two hundred million
Two million
Two hundred thousand
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Question 9
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From the Dust Bowl video: By the time rainfall returned to normal levels,
what percentage of the top soil in this region had already blown away?
Correct! 75%
65%
25%
50%
85%
