Weathering, Mass Movement, Running Water, and Groundwater

All rivers flow...

• down hill

• south except a few

• south in the Northern Hemisphere

• north in the Southern Hemisphere

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

• triangular deposition features

• curves

• straight raceways

• never

which word matches the definition: the slope or steepness of a stream channel.

• Base Level

• Stream Flow

• Gradient

• Discharge

What is the definition of infiltration?

• the movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces.

• the average annual precipitation over equals the amount of water that evaporates?

• plants that absorb water and release it into the atmosphere.

• the course the water in a stream follows.

What is the correct definition of the term, water cycle?

• the movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces.

• the slope or steepness of a stream channel.

• water that constantly moves among the oceans, the atmosphere, the solid Earth, and the biosphere.

• a stream in a broad, flat-bottomed valley that is near it's base level often develops a course with many bends.

How much of the Earth's water is fresh and usable?

• 97%

• all of it

• less than 1%

• more than 3%

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

Which of the following are groundwater?

• Lakes, ponds, creeks streams, ocean, rivers

• Wells, water table, aquifers

A natural, underground area where large quantities of groundwater fill the spaces between rocks is a/an:

• ocean

• river

• aquifer

To use water found in an aquifer people would

• build a dam

• drill a well to below the water table

• purify ocean water