Water Cycle and Hydrology Quiz

What is river discharge?

• The quantity of water that passes a given point on the bank of a river.

• The capacity of a rock to hold water.

• The process by which a liquid is transformed into a gas.

• The loss of water that has been intercepted by vegetation.

What is the base flow of a river?

• The normal level of the river, which is fed by groundwater.

• The maximum discharge of the river as a result of the storm.

• The speed at which the water level in the river declines after the peak.

• The time between the height of the storm and the maximum flow in the river.

What are water tables?

• The upper layer of the permanently saturated zone within solid rocks and sediments.

• The refilling of water in pores where the water has dried up.

• The capacity of a rock to hold water.

• The frequency of streams in a drainage basin.

What is porosity?

• The capacity of a rock to hold water.

• The frequency of streams in a drainage basin.

• The refilling of water in pores where the water has dried up.

• The process by which a liquid is transformed into a gas.

What is the ability to transmit water through a rock via joints and fissures called?

• Permeability

• Porosity

• Saturation

• Absorption

What term describes the wearing away of the bed and bank by the load carried by a river?

• Abrasion/Corrosion

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Sedimentation

What is the speed of the river referred to as?

• Velocity

• Discharge

• Flow rate

• Current

What are the steep banks located on the outer bend of a meander called?

• River cliffs

• Point bars

• Bluffs

• Levees

What are landforms of deposition found on the inner bank of a meander?

• Point bars

• River cliffs

• Bluffs

• Gorges

What is a deep, narrow valley with very steep sides, currently occupied by a river or had a river in the past?

• Gorges

• Bluffs

• Valleys

• Canyons