ES 04.2 Running Water

When a stream has more energy it can

• make meanders and deltas

• move larger sediments

• deposit smaller sediments like clay

• do 500 push ups

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river changes over its course. What stage (section) has waterfalls and rapids?

• collection (youthful)

• transportation (mature)

• distribution (old)

• oxbow (old)

Meanders are ____ on a river that is in its mature transportation stage.

• triangular deposition features

• curves

• straight raceways

• never

All the land that drains into a particular waterway is...

• an aquifer

• a watershed

• evapotranspiration

• a reservoir

The ability of a stream to erode and transport materials depends largely on its ________.

• velocity
• volume
• gradient
• length

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Deposition by moving water in a river is most likely to occur as the

• water slows down
• water speeds up
• water becomes warmer
• riverbed becomes steeper

When a stream has more energy it can

• make meanders and deltas

• move larger sediments

• deposit smaller sediments like clay

• do 500 push ups

A river starts very small before getting larger. What is the name given to a small river that joins a larger river?

• Confluence
• Tribunal
• Tributary
• Joiner

The area that contains a river system is called a what?

• Drain Bassoon
• Drainage Basinet
• Drainage Basin
• Drain Basalt

Transportation in river systems has four main categories. These are ...

• Suspension, Solution, Attrition, Abrasion.
• Suspension, Solution, Saltation, Abrasion.
• Suspension, Solution, Saltation, Attrition.
• Suspension, Solution, Saltation, traction.