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Surface/Running Water

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: All water is from surface runoff
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The ability of a stream to erode and transport materials depends largely on its ________.
a)
velocity
b)
volume
c)
gradient
d)
length
3.
Ocean -> Evaporation -> Condensation
Which of these would come next in the water cycle?
a)
Aeration
b)
Deposition
c)
Sedimentation
d)
Precipitation
4.
Deposition by moving water in a river is most likely to occur as the
a)
water slows down
b)
water speeds up
c)
water becomes warmer
d)
riverbed becomes steeper
5.
What is occurring at A in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
6.
What process is happening at C in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
7.
An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…
a)
watershed
b)
watertable
c)
river
d)
aquifer
8.

How much of the Earth's water is fresh and usable?

a)

97%

b)

all of it

c)

less than 1%

d)

more than 3%

9.

Factors that affect runoff are

a)

amount of rain

b)

rate of rain

c)

the phase of the moon

d)

vegetation

10.

All rivers flow...

a)

down hill

b)

south except a few

c)

south in the Northern Hemisphere

d)

north in the Southern Hemisphere

11.

When a stream has more energy it can

a)

make meanders and deltas

b)

move larger sediments

c)

deposit smaller sediments like clay

d)

do 500 push ups

12.

Meanders are ____ on a river that is in its mature transportation stage.

a)

triangular deposition features

b)

curves

c)

straight raceways

d)

never

13.

All the land that drains into a particular waterway is...

a)

an aquifer

b)

a watershed

c)

evapotranspiration

d)

a reservoir

14.

Point source pollution may come from...

a)

many different places

b)

scattered farms

c)

an industry

d)

deforestation

15.

A major non point source pollution from Page County is

a)

animal waste in the streams

b)

mercury

c)

Stanley's sewage treatment plant

d)

The schools' sewage treatment plant

16.

Too much fertilizer, nitrogen and other pollutants from tributary rivers can create

a)

hypoxia dead zones in the Chesapeake bay

b)

a lack of non-consumable water

c)

increased evaporation

d)

decreased evaporation

17.

Ways to help control non point source pollution include

a)

Apply pesticides or fertilizer when no heavy rain is forecast

b)

Compost organic waste

c)

Do not allow animal/pet waste to enter the waterway

d)

Dispose of all waste properly