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ifthelatter,itisaseepage-dominatedlake.[■]Occasionally,commonsensetellsyouwhichofthesetwopossibilitiesapplies.[■]Forexample,apondinhillycountrythatmaintainsasteadywaterlevelallthroughadrysummerinspiteofhavingnostreamsflowingintoitmustobviouslybeseepagedominated.Conversely,apondwithastreamflowinginoneendandouttheother,whichdriesupwhenthestreamdriesup,isclearlysurfacewaterdominated.[■]
Bywhatevermeans,alakeisconstantlygainingwaterandlosingwater:
itswaterdoesnotjustsitthere,or,anyway,notforlong.Thisraisesthematterofalake’sresidencetime.Theresidencetimeistheaveragelengthoftimethatanyparticularmoleculeofwaterremainsinthelake,anditiscalculatedbydividingthevolumeofwaterinthelakebytherateatwhichwaterleavesthelake.Theresidencetimeisanaverage;
thetimespentinthelakebyagivenmolecule(ifwecouldfollowitsfate)woulddependontherouteittook:
itmightflowthroughaspartofthefastest,mostdirectcurrent,oritmightcircleinabackwaterforanindefinitelylongtime.
Residencetimesvaryenormously.Theyrangefromafewdaysforsmalllakesuptoseveralhundredyearsforlargeones;
LakeTahoe,inCalifornia,hasaresidencetimeof700years.TheresidencetimesfortheGreatLakesofNorthAmerica,namely,LakesSuperior,Michigan,Huron,Erie,andOntario,are,respectively,190,100,22,2.5,and6years.LakeErie’sisthelowest:
althoughitsareaislargerthanLakeOntario’s,itsvolumeislessthanone-thirdasgreatbecauseitissoshallow-lessthen20metersonaverage.
Agivenlake’sresidencetimeisbynomeansafixedquantity.Itdependsontherateatwhichwaterentersthelake,andthatdependsontherainfallandtheevaporationrate.Climaticchange(theresultofglobalwarming?
)iscjamaticallyaffectingtheresidencetimesofsomelakesinnorthwesternOntario,Canada.Intheperiod1970to1986,rainfallintheareadecreasedfrom1,000millimetersto650millimetersperannum,whileabove-averagetemperaturesspeededuptheevapotranspirationrate(therateatwhichwaterislosttotheatmospherethroughevaporationandtheprocessesofplantlife).Theresulthasbeenthattheresidencetimeofoneofthelakesincreasedfrom5to18yearsduringthestudyperiod.Theslowingdownofwaterrenewalleadstoachainoffurtherconsequences;
itcausesdissolvedchemicalstobecomeincreasinglyconcentrated,andthis,inturn,hasamarkedeffectonalllivingthingsinthelake.
1.Thephrase"
Somuch"
inthepassagerefersto
Athenegativeeffectsofoverlandflow,rain,andevaporationonriverwaterlevels
Bwaterthatalakelosestooutflowingrivers,tothelakebed,andtoevaporation
Ctheimportanceofriverstothemaintenanceoflakewaterlevels
Dtheinformationgivenaboutwaysthatwatercanenterorexitalake
2.Theword"
gains"
inthepassageisclosestinmeaningto
Aresults
Bincreases
Cresources
Dsavings
3.Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromparagraph2aboutthemovementofwaterintoalake?
AHeavyrainaccountsformostofthewaterthatentersintolakes.
BRainfallreplacesapproximatelytheamountofwaterlostthroughevaporation.
COverlandflowintolakesisreducedbythepresenceofforests.
DSeepagehasasmallereffectonwaterlevelthananyotherinput.
4.Whydoestheauthorusethephrase"
Notetheword"
"
inthepassage?
AToemphasizetheimpactofseepageonwaterlevels
BTopointoutthatseepageiscalculateddifferentlyfromriverflowsandatmosphericexchanges
CTocomparethedifferentmethodsofcalculatingseepage
DToemphasizethedifficultyofobtainingspecificvaluesforseepageinputsandoutputs
5.Theword"
Conversely"
meaningto
Aontheotherhand
Binthesameway
Cinotherwords
Donaverage
6.Accordingtoparagraph3,whichofthefollowingbestdescribesaseepage-dominatedlake?
AAlakethatisfedbystreamsbutstillhasfluctuatingwaterlevels
BAlakewithaconstantwaterlevelthathasnostreamsorriversasinputs
CAlakewithastreamflowingintoitandastreamflowingoutofit
DAlakethathassurfaceandundergroundinputsbutloseswaterduringdryseasons
7.Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph4thatthelengthoftimeagivenmoleculeofwaterremainsinalake
Adependsentirelyupontheaveragespeedofalake'
scurrents
Bcanbemeasuredbythevolumeofthelakealone
Ccanbegreaterorlesserthantheresidencetime
Dissimilartothelengthoftimeallothermoleculesremaininthatlake
8.Accordingtoparagraph5,LakeErie'
sresidencetimeislowerthanLakeOntario'
sforwhichofthefollowingreasons?
ALakeEriehasalargerareathanLakeOntario.
BLakeOntarioisshallowerthanLakeErie.
CLakeOntariohasagreatervolumethanLakeErie.
DLakeEriereceiveslessrainfallthanLakeOntario.
9.WhydoestheauthordiscusstheGreatLakesinparagraph5?
ATodemonstratetheextenttowhichresidencetimesvaryfromlaketolake
BToillustratehowresidencetimesarecalculatedforspecificlakes
CToarguethattheresidencetimeofalakeincreaseswitharea
DToemphasizethatLakeTahoe'
sresidencetimeisunusuallylong
10.Theword"
further"
inthepassageisclosestinmeaning
Aexpected
Badditional
Cserious
Dunfortunate
11.Accordingtoparagraph6,whichofthefollowingexplainstheincreaseinresidencetimeofsomelakesofnorthwesternOntario?
ATheamountofwaterflowingintothelakeshasincreased.
BTherateofevaporationhasdecreasedmoresharplythantheamountofrainfall.
CTherenewalofthelakes'
waterhasslowedduetochangesinclimate.
DPlantshaverequiredlesswaterfromthelakes.
12.Accordingtoparagraph6,residencetimeisaffectedbyallofthefollowingEXCEPT
Aamountofrainfall
Brateofevaporation
Ctemperatureofsurroundingair
Dconcentrationofchemicalsinlakewater
13.Lookatthefoursquares[■]thatindicatewherethefollowingsentencecouldbeaddedtothepassage.
Ofcourse,alakemaybeneithersurface-water-norseepage-dominatedif,forexample,itsinputsarepredominantlysurfaceanditsoutputsarepredominantlyseepage.
Wherewouldthesentencebestfit?
Clickonasquaretoaddthesentencetothepassage.
14.Directions:
Anintroductorysentenceforabriefsummaryofthepassageisprovidedbelow.CompletethesummarybyselectingtheTHREEanswerchoicesthatexpressthemostimportantideasinthepassage.Somesentencesdonotbelonginthesummarybecausetheyexpressideasthatarenotpresentedinthepassageorareminorideasinthepassage.Thisquestionisworth2points.
Waterenters,remains,andeventuallyleavesalakeinavarietyofways.
●
AnswerChoices
ABymeasuringthewaterquantitiesateachofalake'
sinputsandoutputs,itcanbedeterminedwhetherwaterentersthelakemainlyfromsurfaceorgroundwatersources.
BChangesinlakelevelandvolumearecausedprincipallybytheamountofevaporationofwaterintotheatmosphere.
CItissometimespossibletodecidewhetheralakeissurfacewaterdominatedorseepagedominatedbysimpleobservationatdifferentseasons.
DTheaverageperiodoftimethatmoleculesofwaterspendinalake—theresidencetime—variesfromlaketolakeandovertimewithinaparticularlake.
ETheresidencetimesofsurface-water-dominatedlakesareusuallylongerthanthoseofseepage-dominatedlakes.
FTheresidencetimeofalakefrequentlydependsonthekindsoforganismstobefoundinthelake.
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