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WorksheetsKC5 Water and Glaciers
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 37mins
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Class
Date
1.
Suspended material in a river includes the following particles
a)
Clay, silt, and fine sand
b)
Rocks, boulders and branches
c)
Coarse sand
d)
Leaves
2.
When water comes out of the leaves it is called...
a)
Transpiration
b)
Transportation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Runoff
3.
Clouds belong to which part of the water cycle?
a)
Runoff
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
4.
Sleet, hail, rain, snow occur in which part of the water cycle?
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Precipiatation
d)
Runoff
5.
The Continental Divide is important because...
a)
Deltas form
b)
Glaciers where formed
c)
Divides the way water drains off the continent
d)
Continents meet
6.
Rivers coming down to the ocean represent what part of the water cycle?
a)
Condensation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Runoff
7.
What type of valley do rivers typically form?
a)
V-Shape
b)
U-Shape
c)
W-Shape
d)
D-Shape
8.
Suspension, solution and ________ are means of sediment transportation in a river
a)
discharge
b)
bed load
c)
stream piracy
d)
base level
9.
Natural levee...
a)
Looks like two small mounds of sediments at the end of the river
b)
Looks like a half moon shape
c)
Is a curve of the river
d)
Is a flat area that can easily flood
10.
The curve in a river is called...
a)
A flood plain
b)
A meander
c)
A natural levee
d)
A delta
11.
A fan-shape deposit at the end of the river is called:
a)
A meander
b)
A delta
c)
Bed load
d)
A tributary
12.
Sediments deposit at the end of the river because...
a)
Increase in gradient
b)
Decrease in velocity
c)
Increase in velocity
d)
Decrease in channel width
13.
Flash floods happen when...
a)
Unexpected fast water comes down
b)
Slow, long and steady rain occurs
14.
The two types of glacial drift are:
a)
Till and moraine
b)
Till and stratified drift
c)
Ice age and till
d)
Stratified and moraine
15.
90% of fresh water is located...
a)
In lakes
b)
In polar caps
c)
In the clouds
d)
In aquifers
16.
What are the risks of having a house in a flood plain
a)
It will never flood, nothing will happen
b)
It will flood and create damage to the house
17.
True or false:
Water cannot be created and destroyed
Water cannot be created and destroyed
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A rock that doesn't allow water to pass through is...
a)
Permeable
b)
Impermeable
c)
Flexible
d)
Optional
19.
Where a flood might occur it's called a:
a)
Delta
b)
Oxbow lake
c)
Flood plain
d)
Tributary
20.
What is the largest drainage basin in our area?
a)
Clorado drainage basin
b)
Columbia drainage basin
c)
Mississippi drainage basin
d)
Amazon drainage basin
21.
Dams have negative consequences too, for example:
a)
Weaker waterfalls
b)
Increase in sports fishing
c)
Oxbow formation
d)
Changing the balance of erosion and deposition
22.
Illinois was formed with which type of glacier?
a)
Mountain glacier
b)
Continental glacier
c)
Valley glacier
d)
Well glacier
23.
The loosening and lifting of blocks of rocks by glaciers is called...
a)
Till
b)
Abrasion
c)
Plucking
d)
Casting
24.
The Great Lakes were formed by:
a)
River erosion
b)
Rain of many years
c)
Continental Glaciers
d)
Soil abrasion
25.
What is a Mississippi drainage basin?
a)
Land area that contributes water to a stream
b)
Water that travels north in the United States
c)
The land area where people use the rivers as water source
d)
The land area where all streams flow to the south
26.
What agent of erosion that carved the Yellowstone River valley to form its V-shape came from...
a)
Wind
b)
Glacier
c)
Running water
d)
Mass movements
27.
What is one of the two ways that sinkholes are formed?
a)
Groundwater contamination
b)
Heavy vehicles
c)
Limestone disolving
d)
Deltas absorbing
28.
Levees help...
a)
Decrease flooding
b)
Increase flooding
c)
Decrease rain
d)
Increase crops
29.
What is the base level of a stream?
a)
The highest point to which a stream can erode its channel
b)
The lowest point at whcich a tributary enters a stream
c)
The lowest point to which a stream can erode its channel
d)
Th highest level to wich a stream can build its floodplain
30.
What is the major factor that determines the ability of a stream to erode and transport material?
a)
The gradient of the water
b)
The depth of the water
c)
The velocity of the water
d)
The age of the river
31.
B is showing a:
a)
Drumlin
b)
Erratic
c)
Kettle Lake
d)
Moraine
32.
If a rock has a lot of holes and gaps in it, its porosity is
a)
High
b)
Low
c)
Rough
d)
Soft
33.
Letter A is showing a:
a)
Kettle Lake
b)
Drumlin
c)
Erratic
d)
Moraine
34.
True or False:
The slope of a stream is also called the gradient of a stream
The slope of a stream is also called the gradient of a stream
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Aquifers are important because
a)
They are a source of well water
b)
Geysers are formed
c)
Hot springs are formed
d)
They control flooding
36.
Humans can affect the water table by
a)
Creating a river path
b)
Creating fossil fules
c)
Creating a crop
d)
Crating a well
37.
What is the problem in the Ogallala Aquifer?
a)
The water is running out because it has not rained enough and crop irrigation are using too much of it.
b)
There is too much water and the land is flooding creating a problem with crops
c)
It will dry out in very few years and ecology consequences will be seen
d)
The water is so much that the area will probably become a lake in a few years
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