Rivers and streams

The process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass.

• erosion
• deposition
• mouth
• divide

An area which drains into a common river system.

• watershed
• tributary
• drainage divide
• riparian zone

As the current in a stream becomes stronger, what will happen to its erosional power?

• it will increase
• it will decrease
• it will stay the same
• it will increase then decrease

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which graph best represents the relationship between the discharge of a stream and the velocity of stream flow?

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Which of the following statements is true about the development of a stream?

• a stream's slope increases as it approaches base level

• water along the sides and bottom of the channel flows more rapidly

• deposition is greater in the outside curve of a meander

• the velocity of water is greater along the outside of a meander curve

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Erosion is most likely greatest at locations

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In the diagram, letter A best represents:

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Confining Layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

During the process of infiltration, water seeps through the ground and into an aquifer. Which of the following terms best describes this process?

• Recharge

• Discharge

• Depletion

• Surcharge

All the water on and in the Earht's crust make up . . .

• groundwater

• surface water

• the hydrosphere

• the zone of saturation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4