Weathering and Erosion (Chapter 6)

Which factor is most important in determining the erosive power of a stream?

• stream discharge

• stream velocity

• dissolved load

• channel width

How does water move from plants to the atmosphere?

• condensation

• infiltration

• precipitation

• transpiration

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What is the lowest point to which a stream can erode its channel?

• base level

• ground level

• saturation level

• gradient level

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Where is groundwater located?

• zone of aeration

• zone of saturation

• zone of reduction

• zone of distribution

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Which of these features is a landform associated with karst topography?

• streams

• natural levees

• sinkholes

• deltas

Which of these processes of the water cycle is a direct effect of the sun's energy?

• formation of precipitation

• runoff of water over soil

• evaporation

• seeping of water into soil

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If land was uplifted, streams will downcut their channels because_______

• the stream's bed load helps erode the stream's bottom

• the stream's greatest velocity is at its bottom

• natural levees restrict the lateral movement of stream waters

• the streams have a new base level

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What is the largest aquifer in the United States?

• Organic Formation

• Opaque Formation

• Ogallala Formation

• Owalla Formation

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What is the land area that contributes water to a stream?

• floodplain

• drainage basin

• gradient

• artesian well

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