Match the Type of Error with the Appropriate Example

question 4

Multiple Choice

Match the type of error with the appropriate example.
-chronic shortage of qualified laboratory staff

• A)active error
• B)latent error

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Definitions:

Cone of Depression

A cone-shaped lowering of the water table around a pumping well, due to the removal of groundwater faster than it can be replenished.

Overpumped

A term usually related to groundwater resources, indicating a condition where water is removed from an aquifer at a rate faster than it can be replenished.

Aquifer

An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt) from which groundwater can be extracted.

Karst Topography

A landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground streams.