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Running water and Groundwater

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a land area that contributes water to a river system.

a)

Divide

b)

Drainage Basin

c)

Hillslopes

d)

Trunk stream

2.

It is the unending circulation of Earth's water supply.

a)

Rock Cycle

b)

Soil Cycle

c)

Hydrologic cycle

d)

Streams

3.

It is a cross-sectional view of a stream from its source area.

a)

profile

b)

drainage

c)

flow velocity

d)

longitudinal profile

4.

It is an embankment, resembles dam, that can be made naturally or artificially. Its main purpose is to prevent flooding.

a)

levee

b)

swamp

c)

ridge

d)

tributaries

5.

Sedimentary rocks have been folded or tilted and then eroded to varying degrees depending on their strength. these rocks will develop what kind of drainage pattern?

a)

dendritic

b)

trellis

c)

rectangular

d)

radial

6.

This is the mixture of soil, or sediments that has been eroded and redeposited by streams.

a)

fluvial soil

b)

alluvium

c)

flood plain

d)

delta

7.

Under which conditions would subsidence be most likely to occur?

a)

Rapid recharge of groundwater into a confined aquifer.

b)

Gradual removal of groundwater from fractured bedrock.

c)

Gradual recharge of groundwater into an unconfined aquifer.

d)

Rapid removal of groundwater from unconsolidated sediment.

8.

How would the porosity and permeability values be changed as sand is converted to sandstone?

a)

Porosity would increase, permeability would decrease.

b)

Porosity would decrease, permeability would increase

c)

Both would increase

d)

Both would decrease

9.

Aquifers must be:

a)

permeable but not porous

b)

porous and permeable

c)

porous but not permeable

d)

neither porous nor permeable

10.

Water flows through permeable materials ______________ than impermeable materials.

a)

faster

b)

slower