QUIZ 1

FINALS

Hydrology
SOIL EROSION AND RESERVOIR
SEDIMENTATION
 TEST 1
TRUE OR FALSE
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
1. Erosion is the wearing away of
land. Natural agents such as water,
wind, and gravity are eroding the
land surface since geologic times.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
2. Channels are permanent
topographic features formed
due to confluence of rills.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
3. Secondary yield is the quantity of
water which is available during the
period of high flow in the rivers when
the yield is more than the safe yield.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
4. Sediment yield is the total
sediment outflow from a
watershed at a reference section in
a selected time interval.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
5. A landslide happens when a
large amount of soil and rock
suddenly falls down a slope
because of gravity.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
6. Erosion in the sea also occurs. The salts
and other chemicals can erode weak rocks on
the coast, such as limestone and chalk. The
eroded materials are carried up the shore by
the means of a longshore drift
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
7. Reservoirs can be created by
controlling a stream that drains an
existing body of water. They can also
be constructed in river valleys using
a dam.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
8. The retarding reservoir stores a
portion of the flood when the flood
is rising and releases it later when
the flood is receding.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
9. A cofferdam is a barrier,
usually temporary, constructed to
exclude water from an area that is
normally submerged.
 I. TRUE OR FALSE
10.Largest dam in the Philippines
is San Roque Dam in Pangasinan
which is 200m tall and 1.0km long
 TEST 2
FILL IN THE BLANKS
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
1. ________ is an erosion prediction
model which is most widely used tool
for estimation of soil loss from
agricultural watershed for planning
erosion control practices.
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
2. ____________is the relatively finer
bed material that is kept on suspension
in the flow through turbulence eddies
and transported in suspension mode by
the flowing water.
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
3. Weathering involves two
processes, physical
and__________, that often work
together to break down rocks.
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
4. Gravity erosion and
deposition is called __________.
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
5. _________is the rolling and
sliding of larger soil particles
along the ground surface
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
6. __________ is an opening in the
dam near the ground level, which
is used to clear the silt
accumulation in the reservoir side.
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
7. A buttress dam or _________is a
dam with a solid, water-tight
upstream side that is supported at
intervals on the downstream side by a
series of buttresses or supports
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
8. The oldest dam is __________
“grand anicut”
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
9. The ______ is the highest water
level to which the water surface
will rise during normal operating
conditions.
 II. FILL IN THE BLANKS
10. Reservoir sedimentation is a difficult
problem for which an economical solution has
not yet been discovered, except by providing
a ___________to accommodate the deposits
during the life of the dam.
 TEST 3
ENUMERATION
 III. ENUMERATION
1-5 factors affecting erosion
6-8 commonly used procedures for
estimation of sediment yield
8-12 types of gravity erosion
13-15 causes of sedimentation