Practice Throughfall (tf) (24.5.2) - Interception - Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

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Question 1.
What is throughfall?
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Think about how rain interacts with trees.
Question 2.
Name a method used to measure throughfall.
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What do we place under trees to catch rain?
3Question 3.
What does throughfall refer to?
- Water that evaporates before reaching the ground.
- Precipitation that reaches the ground after interception.
- Water that flows down the trunks of trees.
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Consider the definition we discussed in class.
4Question 4.
True or False: Interception loss contributes to soil moisture.
- True
- False
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Think about what happens to water captured by leaves.
Question 5.
If a forest receives 120mm of rain, and throughfall is measured at 70mm with stemflow at 30mm, how much interception loss occurs?
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Use the formula we learned in class.
Question 6.
Describe how increased urbanization might affect throughfall and interception loss in a city compared to rural areas.
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Think about how landscapes change and the absorbent capacity of the surface.

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