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Chapter 10

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the water in a bend in a meandering stream moving the fastest?

a)

The outside of the bend

b)

The inside of the bend

c)

The dead center of the bend

d)

The water is not moving

2.

Where is the water on a straight flowing region in a meandering stream moving the fastest?

a)

The outside of the stream

b)

The inside of the stream

c)

The dead center of the stream

d)

The water is not moving

3.

During what phase of the water cycle does water sink down into the ground, becoming groundwater?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Infiltration

4.

During what phase of the water cycle does water vapor collect and form visible clouds?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Infiltration

5.

During what phase of the water cycle does water in lakes, streams, or the oceans become water vapor?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Run-off

6.

During what phase of the water cycle does water flow through plants and become vapor?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Run-off

7.

During what phase of the water cycle does water run down mountains into lakes, streams, or oceans?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Run-off

8.

What causes the water cycle?

a)

The sun

b)

The moon

c)

The sky

d)

it just happens on its own

9.

True or False: the Mississippi River is considered a stream.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: the creek behind my house is considered a stream.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

A ___________ is defined as a stream that flows into another stream, creating a larger stream.

a)

River

b)

Creek

c)

Tributary

d)

Watershed

12.

On the Diagram, where is the meandering stream going the fastest?

a)

Bank Close to A

b)

Bank Close to A'

c)

Bank Close to B

d)

Bank Close to B'

13.

On the Diagram, where is the meandering stream going the slowest?

a)

Bank Close to A

b)

Bank Close to A'

c)

Bank Close to B

d)

Bank Close to B'

14.

Which two are ways to increase stream discharge?

a)

Increase the velocity of the stream

b)

Increase the altitude

c)

Add meanders to the stream

d)

Increase the depth of the stream

e)

Decrease the sediment from the bottom of the stream

15.

Where in the meandering stream does deposition occur?

a)

Outer banks

b)

Inner banks

c)

places where it flows straight

d)

The stream never deposits

16.

Where in the meandering stream does erosion occur?

a)

Outer banks

b)

Inner banks

c)

places where it flows straight

d)

The stream never deposits

17.

What is this?

a)

Maximum Velocity

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Horizontal Sorting

d)

Oxbow lake

18.

What is this?

a)

Maximum Velocity

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Horizontal Sorting

d)

Oxbow lake

19.

What is this?

a)

Maximum Velocity

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Horizontal Sorting

d)

Oxbow lake

20.

_________ is when rocks found at the end of a stream are smaller than rocks found at the beginning.

a)

Maximum Velocity

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Horizontal Sorting

d)

Oxbow lake

21.

_________ is when rocks found in the middle of a stream are smaller than rocks found at the banks.

a)

Maximum Velocity

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Horizontal Sorting

d)

Oxbow lake

22.

_________ is the highest point water rises to during a flood

a)

Flood Crest

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Flood Stage

d)

Flood Event

23.

_________ is flooding of a small area

a)

Flood Crest

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Upstream Flood

d)

Downstream Flood

24.

_________ is flooding of a large area, possibly causing extensive damage

a)

Flood Crest

b)

Natural Levee

c)

Upstream Flood

d)

Downstream Flood

25.

During a drought, the water table will be ______ than usual due to lack of water

a)

higher

b)

Lower

c)

Permeable

d)

Gravitational

26.

___________ causes a cone of depression in the water table.

a)

Drought

b)

Aquiclude

c)

Over-pumping

d)

Gravitational Water

27.

When an Aquifer and a ________ come together, you have a spring

a)

Spring

b)

Aquiclude

c)

Geyser

d)

Gravitational Water

28.

a __________ is a natural discharge of groundwater at the surface.

a)

Spring

b)

Aquiclude

c)

Geyser

d)

Gravitational Water

29.

__________________ means water than trickles down into an aquifer through gravity.

a)

Capillary Water

b)

Aquiclude

c)

Geyser

d)

Gravitational Water

30.

__________________ means water than trickles upward towards the surface.

a)

Capillary Water

b)

Aquiclude

c)

Geyser

d)

Gravitational Water

31.

A _________ is an explosive hot spring.

a)

Capillary Water

b)

Aquiclude

c)

Geyser

d)

Gravitational Water

32.

________________ is the compound that allows water to eat away at rock and form caves

a)

Carbonic acid

b)

calcium carbonate

c)

sulfuric acid

d)

nitric acid

33.

________________ is the region of the earth's crust that is completely filled with water, beginning at the water table

a)

soil layer

b)

zone of aeration

c)

zone of saturation

d)

porosity

34.

Which two pollution sources could infiltrate into our groundwater supply?

a)

Infiltration from fertilizers

b)

Recharging an aquifer

c)

Sewage leaking from septic tanks

d)

Increase the depth of the aquifer

e)

Discharge of a local stream