Stream Erosion and Deposition

When a stream or river starts to slow down, it:

• Picks up more sediment
• Erodes more rapidly
• Deposits fine sediments, but continues carrying larger rocks
• Deposits larger rocks, but continues carrying finer sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The steeper the slope, the ________ the stream.

• Slower
• Broader
• Faster
• Curvier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The map below represents a river as it enters a lake. 
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?

• A,C and E
• B, D and F
• B, C, and F
• A, D and E

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of river produces meanders like the ones in the image?

• Young

• Old

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which profile best shows the general depositional pattern that occurs when water from a stream enters

the ocean?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

On the outside bend of a stream, velocity....

• increases

• descreases

• remains the same

Which term best describes the movement of soil from one place to another?

• erosion
• discharge
  discharge
• deposition

On a straight river, the fastest flowing water is...

• at the surface

• to the left

• directly in the middle

• on the outside bend

On a meander, the fastest flowing part of the river is...

• the outside bend

• the inside bend

• the left hand side

• the middle

Which letter has a higher velocity?

• A

• B

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1