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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

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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

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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

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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%

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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%

Quiz Score: 18 out of 18