HYDROLOGY (CE 410)

QUIZ #1
Name: __________________________________________________
Section: _________________________________________________ Instructor: _________________________
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Answer the following sections. Strictly follow directions given in each section. Write legibly and avoid any
erasures. Anyone who is caught cheating will receive a score of zero. STRICTLY refrain from putting your formal solutions at the back of
your papers. Any unbox answers will NEVER be considered.
I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is asked in the following statements. Write your answer on the space provided.
___________________________1. It is the transformation of water vapour to liquid water droplets in air, creating clouds and fogs
___________________________2. The force that drives the occurrence of hydrologic cycle
___________________________3. The most accurate method of computing mean precipitation
___________________________4.The combined loss of water due to evaporation and transpiration is called _____.
___________________________5. The process by which the water vapour is released from plant leaves
___________________________6. The process by which solid water is converted into water vapor
___________________________7. It is the science that encompasses the occurrence, distribution, movement and properties of the
waters of the earth and their relationship with the environment within each phase of the hydrologic cycle
___________________________8. Happens when rate of precipitation is greater than rate of infiltration
___________________________9. The least accurate method of computing mean precipitation
___________________________10. The process by which condensed water vapour fall to the earth’s surface as rain, snow, or hail

II. PROBLEM SOLVING

1. Two and a half centimeters of rain per day over an area of 2000 km2 is equivalent to average rate of input of how many cubic
meters per second od water to that area? (5pts)
2. Given the following data for the given watershed:

AREA OF Area
RAINFALL PRECIPITATION THEISESEN isohyets
between
GAGE (mm/hr) POLYGON (sq. (mm/hr)
isohyets
km)
>15 40
A 12 55
10 to 15 70
B 6 70
5 to 10 80
C 4 80
<5 50
D 16 35

a. Determine the mean precipitation using arithmetic mean method (3 pts)

b. Determine the mean precipitation using thiessen polygon method (3 pts)
c. Determine the mean precipitation using isohyetal method (4 pts)

3. A swimming pool (20 ft x 20 ft x 5 ft) has a small leak at the bottom. Measurement of rainfall, evaporation, and water levels are
taken daily for 10 days to determine what should be done for repair. Estimate the average daily leakage out of the swimming
pool in ft3/day. Assume the pool is exactly 5ft (60 inches) deep at the end of day 1. (5 pts)

MEASURED LEVEL
DAY EVAPORATION (in.) RAINFALL (in.) (in.)
1 0.5 60
2 0 1
3 0.5
4 0 2
5 0.5
6 0.5
7 0 4
8 0.5
9 0.5
10 0.5 52