Earth Science Questions
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When considering the movement of water on Earth within the hydrologic cycle, which of the following choices is responsible for driving this process?
Complete this analogy: Bouncing is to sand as suspension is to_____________.
Which of the following particle sizes is most likely to make up a stream's suspended load?
Where are the headwaters of the Mississippi River?
Using the information provided above, describe what changes will happen to the stream and its streamflow as the water moves from the head to the mouth.
Water erodes the outside of a river bend to form a __________.
How can pieces of rock in contact with a stream bed move?
Which of the choices below is not a factor that causes infiltration and runoff to vary from place to place and from time to time?
Which of the following rivers is the largest river in North America?
What will happen to the water level in the stream if the water table is below the level of the stream channel?
Which of the following choices does not directly affect stream velocity?
The amount of meandering that occurs in a stream influences the gradient in which of the following ways?
Which of the following beds would be easiest for a stream to erode?
What percentage of Earth's water is in the form of seawater?
Streams generally receive their water from two sources. What are those two sources?
X marks the site of oil drums that were illegally buried by the Shay-Dee Oil Corporation. These oil drums have begun leaking and the leaking oil has flowed downslope to the stream below, contaminating the stream. Which stream drainage basins would be affected by this oil?
While working on a stream in your field study area, you find that the channel width is 20 meters, the channel depth is 2 meters, and the velocity is 1.2 meters/second. What is the discharge of this stream?
Particles moving by saltation are transported in the _______ load.
Complete this analogy: Sliding is to gravel as dissolution is to_____________.
Which of the following are part of the bed load?CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.