WorksheetsRivers & Groundwater
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
A(n) ____ is the triangular or fan-shaped deposit of sediment that forms where a river empties into an ocean or lake.
alluvial fan
delta
meander
drainage basin
When people remove vegetation, they ____ runoff and the erosion process.
slow down
speed up
decrease
do not affect
____ determines the amount of runoff.
The amount of vegetation
The amount of rain
Topography
Salinity of the water
A(n) ____ is a layer of permeable rock that lets water move freely.
cave
water table
aquifer
spring
A water shed is...
a tiny building on a river
a floodplain
the deposition of sediments when a stream empties onto dry land
the land area from which a stream gets its water
Sediments that have many large, interconnected pores is highly...
permeable
impermeable
eroded
all of these
Which of the following are features of a well-developed old age river system?
meanders and a sandy bottom
narrow v-shaped valley
rapids & high energy
rocky bottom
Material rolled along the bottom of a stream is...
suspended load
bed load
dissolved load
dregs
A common process of agents of erosion which involves the scraping of sediments against each other is...
abrasion
ice wedging
striations
deflation
High ground that separates drainage basins is called
separators
divides
drainage peaks
loginverisifiers
Select all of the erosion features
clay
v-shaped valleys
point bars
cut banks
The unconsolidated materials that cover the coastal plain indicate that the region has undergone what geologic process?
uplift
subsidence
deposition
glacial activity
