Drainage basin

Drainage basin

the water cycle and river terminology

Multiple Choice

A ………………………………. is the area of land drained by a river system ( a river and its tributaries).

• Watershed

• Drainage Basin

• Confluence

• Water table

Multiple Choice

Drainage basins are separated by ………………………….

• Watersheds

• Water tables

• Walls

• Communities

Multiple Select

Inputs into the drainage basin system includes

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

Multiple Choice

The section labelled A is known as the

• watershed

• source

• tributary

• mouth

Multiple Choice

The section labelled D is known as the

• river valley

• main stream

• tributary

• spring

Open Ended

What is the name of the area labelled C?

Open Ended

What is the name of the area labelled B?

Multiple Choice

The change of water from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Multiple Choice

The change of water from a vapor to a liquid.

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Multiple Choice

The flow of water from land into a body of water.

• groundwater

• headwaters

• run-off

• infiltration

Multiple Choice

The hydrologic cycle continuously recycles _______ through Earth's systems.

• rocks

• water

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

Multiple Choice

The hydrologic cycle is a continuous process driven by energy from the ...

• Moon.

• Sun.

• gravity.

• Earth's interior.

Multiple Choice

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

• transpiration

Multiple Choice

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth

• It increases the chance of flooding

• It makes evaporation occur faster

• It increases condensation

Multiple Choice

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

• precipitation

Multiple Select

____________________ is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil. ________________ rate in soil science is a measure of the rate at which soil is able to absorb rainfall or irrigation.

• Infiltration

• Percolation

• Deposition

• Condensation

Multiple Choice

Water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams. It eventually flows into lakes and the ocean.

• Snowmelt runoff

• Surface Runoff

• Deposition

• Precipitation