Introduction to Water and Surface Water

A body of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or stream where it enters an ocean or lake. A river creates a _____ by laying down sediment or rock debris.

• Wetland

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Delta

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• They are large storage spaces used to hold and regulate the flow of flood water.

• They are paths of land next to rivers that must remain clear to allow floodwater to pass.

• They are long walls built along bodies of water that contain rising waters.

• They are large barriers constructed along waterways designed to control water levels.

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Water soaks into the ground and becomes groundwater. The correct labels for the layers within the Earth, as illustrated in the diagram are...

• water table - zone of aeration - zone of saturation

• zone of aeration - zone of saturation - water table

• zone of aeration - water table - zone of saturation

• zone of saturation - water table - zone of aeration

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This is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water. The larger, or parent, river is called the main-stem.

• Tributary

• Delta

• Waterway

• Mid-ocean ridge

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The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:

• Zone of Saturation

• Zone of Aeration

• Water Table

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All of the following except which would cause surface runoff to decrease in a particular location?

• Covering a dirt road with pavement

• Reducing the gradient of a steep hill

• Planting grasses and shrubs on a hillside

• Having a decrease in the annual rainfall

Water occurring in a stream, lake, river, reservoir, estuary, wetland or the ocean.

• Waterhsed

• Drainage Divide

• Surface Water

• Ground Water

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Consider the diagram of the water cycle. Assume that deforestation has taken place. How will this effect the movement of water through this model?

• Runoff will decrease.

• Sea level will increase.

• Condensation will increase.

• Transpiration will decrease.

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Without the natural filtration system of a wetland, money would most likely be spent on...

• Building barrier islands

• Waste water treatment plants

• Coastal rebuilding efforts

• Non-point source pollution clean up

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This type of water has a very low salt content when compared to the ocean.

• Glacier

• Freshwater

• Smart water

• Purified water

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