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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
How does a river’s speed affect its erosive ability?
a)
slower rivers erode the river channel more
quickly than faster rivers
b)
faster rivers erode the river channel more
quickly than slower rivers
c)
faster rivers carry less stream load and are
less erosive
d)
slower rivers carry more stream load and are
more erosive.
2.
Which of the following factors affect the local water budget?
a)
conservation, usage, drought
b)
irrigation, industry, recreation
c)
temperature, vegetation, rainfall
d)
income, outflow, prediction
3.
When a river’s load and discharge increase,
a)
it slows down
b)
it becomes a sediment bar
c)
its erosive power decreases
d)
its erosive power increases
4.
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of living on a floodplain?
a)
good farming
b)
rich soil
c)
convenient river access
d)
good drainage
5.
What has occurred in figure?
a)
The river cuts across a neck of land, which will isolate the meander from the rest of the river.
b)
Erosion in the outer part of the bend is resulting in the meander.
c)
The river becomes wider and deeper
d)
The river rounds a bend, and the velocity on the inside of the bend increases, deposition sediment.
6.
What process is occurring at point B?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
runoff
7.
What process is occurring at point D?
a)
infiltration
b)
absorption
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
8.
Like rivers, lakes have life cycles. Most lakes have short life cycles and eventually disappear. Which of the following conditions may cause a lake to disappear?
a)
when evaporation exceeds precipitation
b)
when precipitation exceeds evaporation
c)
when sediments are removed from the lake
d)
when a local water budge it balanced
9.
The amount of uniformity in the size of a rock or sediment particles is called
a)
packing
b)
sorting
c)
permeability
d)
cracking
10.
The layer of an aquifer in which the pore space is completely filled with water is called the zone of
a)
aeration
b)
recharge
c)
porosity
d)
saturation
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