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Instroduction to Physical Geology - Chapter 16

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
mouth
d)
divide
e)

delta

2.
An area which drains into a common river system.
a)
watershed
b)
tributary
c)
drainage divide
d)
riparian zone
e)

delta

3.
As the current in a stream becomes stronger, what will happen to its erosional power?
a)
it will increase
b)
it will decrease
c)
it will stay the same
d)
it will increase then decrease
e)

it will decrease and then increase

4.
As the velocity of a stream decreases, what happens to the size particles that it is able to carry?
a)
It's only able to carry larger particles
b)
It's only able to carry smaller particles
c)
It can carry any size particles
d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

5.

Which graph best represents the relationship between the discharge of a stream and the velocity of stream flow?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

None represent the discharge

6.

Higher velocity discharge (volume of water):

a)

depends on a watershed.

b)

depends on a confluence.

c)

has bigger particles and more particles that flow through it.

d)

has smaller particles and less particles that flow through it.

e)

Has no particles

7.

______________________ is the amount of water a river or stream can carry in a given amount of time.

a)

Load

b)

Gradient

c)

Discharge

d)

Alluvium

e)

Bedload

8.

Which of the following statements is true about the development of a stream?

a)

a stream's slope increases as it approaches base level

b)

water along the sides and bottom of the channel flows more rapidly

c)

deposition is greater in the outside curve of a meander

d)

the velocity of water is greater along the outside of a meander curve

e)

None are true

9.

The elevation where a stream meets a large body of standing water, usually the ocean.

a)

base level

b)

divide

c)

meander

d)

headwaters

e)

water table

10.

A divide that separates water that goes to different oceans.

a)

Continental divide

b)

Oceanic divide

c)

Pacific Divide

d)

Meander

e)

Atlantic Divide