Information and IdeasHardEvidence that a well is fed by a distant spring
Information and Ideas practice question
A hydrologist claims that the village well is fed by a spring on the hill four kilometres away, not by local rainfall.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. A harmless dye poured into the hillside spring appeared in the well's water nine days later.Correct
- B. The well has never run dry.
- C. The hill is higher than the village.
- D. Rainfall in the village is low.
Answer: A. A harmless dye poured into the hillside spring appeared in the well's water nine days later.
The dye traced the route.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The well has never run dry.
- Reliability does not identify the source.
- C. The hill is higher than the village.
- Height makes the source possible, not proven.
- D. Rainfall in the village is low.
- Low rainfall does not identify the source.
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