Running Water

A river's current carries sediment into the ocean. Which sediment size will most likely be deposited in deeper water farthest from the ocean?

• Pebble

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

The greatest stream velocity are found closest to points

• A and B

• B and C

• C and A

• D and A

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

As the slope of a river increases, its velocity will

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

As the discharge of a river increases, its velocity will

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

As the discharge of a stream increases, the size of the particles that the stream can transport would

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

Most of the particles deposited where the stream velocity decreases from 50 centimeters per second to 5 centimeters per second are

• small cobbles and large pebbles

• small sand and large silt

• small pebbles and large sand

• small silt and large clay

What is the largest sediment that can be transported by a stream that has a velocity of 125 cm/sec?

• Cobbles

• Pebbles

• Sand

• Silt

Which profile best shows the general depositional pattern that occurs when water from a stream enters the ocean?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A stream is transporting the particles W, X, Y, and Z, shown below. Which particle will most likely settle to the bottom first as the velocity of this stream decreases?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

When a rivers velocity increases, its ability to carry sediment will

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same