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Running Water

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does urbanization (paving, etc.) affect runoff and infiltration in a small, previously forested, drainage basin?

Both runoff and infiltration decrease

Runoff decreases while infiltration increases

Both runoff and infiltration increase

Infiltration decreases while runoff increases

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following features characterize wide streams and valleys?

Rapids and channel-bed potholes

Waterfalls and entrenched meanders

V-shaped valley cross-sections

Natural levees and broad floodplains

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of the following statements is true concerning natural levees?

Natural levees are formed where the coarsest sediments are deposited adjacent to the channel during floods

Natural levees are depositional features that only form during times when stream discharge is low

Natural levees are erosional features left behind when meander cutoff occurs

Natural levees are flat terraces on both sides of a stream valley that represent former flood plains left behind by a downcutting stream

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A dam and reservoir are constructed on a graded river. What will happen?

Deposition upstream from the dam; channel downcutting below

Channel downcutting upstream from the dam; deposition below

Deposition both upstream and downstream from the dam

Channel downcutting both upstream and downstream from the dam

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The lowest base level for most streams is sea level.

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following describes the total sediment load transported by a stream?

Capacity

Discharge

Competence

Hydro-load factor

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of stream pattern develops only on growing mountains like volcanoes or where the land surface is tectonically doming upward?

Dendritic

Radial

Rectangular

Trellis

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