ENSC: Quiz 4 Review

_______ is a smaller river flowing into a larger one

• Tributary

• Drainage basin or watershed

• Oxbow

• Oxbow lake

_______ is the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

• Tributary

• Drainage basin or watershed

• Oxbow

• Oxbow lake

_______ is an extreme bend in a river

• Tributary

• Drainage basin or watershed

• Oxbow

• Oxbow lake

_______ is when a river bend is cut off and remains an isolated, U-shaped body of water

• Tributary

• Drainage basin or watershed

• Oxbow

• Oxbow lake

_______ systems that combine elements of freshwater and dryland

• Wetlands

• Freshwater marshes

• Swamps

• Bogs

_______ shallow waters that allow plants to grow above the water's surface

• Wetlands

• Freshwater marshes

• Swamps

• Bogs

_______ shallow waters that occur in forested areas

• Wetlands

• Freshwater marshes

• Swamps

• Bogs

_______ ponds covered in thick floating mats of vegetation

• Wetlands

• Freshwater marshes

• Swamps

• Bogs

Groundwater is...

• puddles that are on the ground

• precipitation that does not evaporate, flow into waterways, or get taken up by organisms

Aquifers are...

• porous-sponge like formations of rock, sand, or gravel that hold groundwater

• furry aquatic animals