Stream Development

Condensation is often triggered as water vapor rising in the atmosphere

• cools.

• warms.

• contracts.

• breaks apart.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which of the following drains a watershed?

• floodplains

• a recharge zone

• an artesian spring

• streams and tributaries

What is the term for the wide curves whose development causes the formation of oxbow lakes?

• wanders

• bows

• meanders

• loops

The land area from which water runs off into a stream is called a

• tributary.

• divide.

• watershed.

• gully.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Tributaries branch out and lengthen as a river system develops by

• headward erosion.

• condensation.

• saltation.

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The stream load that includes gravel and large rocks is the

• suspended load.

• dissolved load.

• runoff load.

• bed load.

A fan-shaped formation that develops when a stream deposits its sediment at the base of a steep slope is called a(n)

• delta.

• meander.

• oxbow lake.

• alluvial fan.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Streams are

• bigger than brooks, but smaller than creeks

• small rivers

• water flowing out of a spring

• bodies of water that have a current, including brooks, creeks, bayous, and rivers

The beginning of a stream or river is

• lips
• mouth
• head
• stream channel

A long, low area carved by a stream or glacier with higher areas on both sides.

• channel
• valley
• gorge
• plateau