Mass Movement & Rivers

The measure of the volume of water that flows over a particular location within a given period of time is called

• Run off
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Discharge

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The entire area of land that drains into a body of water is called a

• floodplain

• watershed

• delta

• tributary

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What is a type of mass movement by gravity?

• dune
• loess
• glacier
• mudslide

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A delta at the mouth of a river is the direct result of 

• runoff from sewage
• deposition of sediment
• an ancient glacier that passed through
• an underground river flowing to the ocean

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Which natural event would likely lead to higher rates of erosion in a stream?

• A storm that increases the stream's discharge
• An earthquake that decreases the stream's gradient
• A sunny day that has no effect on the stream's load
• A slight breeze that carries pollen over the stream

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Why do the particles carried by a river settle to the bottom as the river enters the ocean?

• Velocity of the river water decreases as it enters the ocean
• Kinetic energy of the particles increases as the particles enter the ocean
• Density of the ocean water is greater than the density of the river water
• Large particles have a greater surface area than the small particles

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The type of formation shown is at the southern end of the Mississippi river. What is it called?

• coastal erosion
• a delta
• a loess
• sand dunes

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What most likely deposited these sediments?

• wind
• water
• glaciers
• gravity

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Mass movement is sometimes called

• Physical erosion
• Glacial erosion
• Big erosion
• Gravity erosion

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Sediments deposited by mass movement are usually

• sorted
• unsorted