Question 1

What is a drainage basin?

Accepted Answer

the total surface re

Question 2

The primary purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority is to

Accepted Answer

A)  oversee river development 
B)  control flooding 
C)  generate electricity 
D)  provide recreation 
A)  oversee river development 
B)  control flooding 
C)  generate electricity 
D)  provide recreation

Question 3

How are the particles of the bed load moved along the bed of a stream?

Accepted Answer

by rolling

Question 4

Alluvial fans are formed where running water flows into another body of water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Approximately what percentage of the hydrologic cycle precipitation falls on land as rain and snow?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Approximately what percentage of the hydrologic cycle...

Question 6

Flooding in Johnstown, PA, in 1889 was disastrous and deadly because

Accepted Answer

A)  the town was built on a floodplain 
B)  the flood wave traveled at velocities as high as 60 km/hr 
C)  20-25 cm of rain fell over a 24 hour period 
D)  an upstream dam failed 
E)  all of the above 
A)  the town was built on a floodplain 
B)  the flood wave traveled at velocities as high as 60 km/hr 
C)  20-25 cm of rain fell over a 24 hour period 
D)  an upstream dam failed 
E)  all of the above

Question 7

The total area that provides runoff to a stream is called its ___________ ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The total area that provides runoff to...

Question 8

The___________ ___________ is the maximum rate at which the soil or other surface materials can absorb water.

Accepted Answer

infiltrati

Question 9

Along a graded stream, no sediment is eroded, transported, or deposited.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is the most costly and destructive type of natural disaster?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the most costly and destructive...

Question 11

What is stream piracy?

Accepted Answer

The event which occurs when he

Question 12

Erosion occurs through hydraulic action and abrasion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In a downstream direction, which of the following trends occurs?

Accepted Answer

A)  roughness increases 
B)  velocity decreases 
C)  slope increases 
D)  discharge decreases 
E)  depth increases 
A)  roughness increases 
B)  velocity decreases 
C)  slope increases 
D)  discharge decreases 
E)  depth increases

Question 14

Stream terraces will develop if

Accepted Answer

A)  sediment supply to the stream increases 
B)  base level is lowered 
C)  the capacity of the stream decreases 
D)  discharge decreases 
E)  a dam is built downstream 
A)  sediment supply to the stream increases 
B)  base level is lowered 
C)  the capacity of the stream decreases 
D)  discharge decreases 
E)  a dam is built downstream

Question 15

Competence of a stream is defined by the largest particle that a stream can carry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Why are predictions of the magnitudes of 50-year or 100-year floods unreliable for most of North America?

Accepted Answer

because knowledge of long-term

Question 17

Approximately what percentage of atmospheric water comes directly from the ocean?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Approximately what percentage of atmospheric water comes...

Question 18

Graded streams tend to be characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  a smooth, concave longitudinal profile 
B)  insignificant erosion along its bed 
C)  insignificant deposition along its bed 
D)  B and C 
E)  all of the above 
A)  a smooth, concave longitudinal profile 
B)  insignificant erosion along its bed 
C)  insignificant deposition along its bed 
D)  B and C 
E)  all of the above

Question 19

Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963 near the Utah- Arizona border, controls the water in the Colorado River which flows through the Grand Canyon. Since 1963 several changes have occurred in, along, and near the river as a result of the damming.(a) What are 2 changes that you would predict upstream from the dam?(b) What are 2 changes that you would predict downstream from the dam?

Accepted Answer

(a) upstream, any two of: deposition/flo

Question 20

Streams and stream valleys are the result of erosion of the stream along its length to base level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is a drainage basin?

The primary purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority is to

How are the particles of the bed load moved along the bed of a stream?

Alluvial fans are formed where running water flows into another body of water.

Approximately what percentage of the hydrologic cycle precipitation falls on land as rain and snow?

Flooding in Johnstown, PA, in 1889 was disastrous and deadly because

The total area that provides runoff to a stream is called its _ _.

The_ _ is the maximum rate at which the soil or other surface materials can absorb water.

Along a graded stream, no sediment is eroded, transported, or deposited.

What is the most costly and destructive type of natural disaster?

What is stream piracy?

Erosion occurs through hydraulic action and abrasion.

In a downstream direction, which of the following trends occurs?

Stream terraces will develop if

Competence of a stream is defined by the largest particle that a stream can carry.

Why are predictions of the magnitudes of 50-year or 100-year floods unreliable for most of North America?

Approximately what percentage of atmospheric water comes directly from the ocean?

Graded streams tend to be characterized by

Streams and stream valleys are the result of erosion of the stream along its length to base level.

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What is a drainage basin?

The primary purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority is to

How are the particles of the bed load moved along the bed of a stream?

Alluvial fans are formed where running water flows into another body of water.

Approximately what percentage of the hydrologic cycle precipitation falls on land as rain and snow?

Flooding in Johnstown, PA, in 1889 was disastrous and deadly because

The total area that provides runoff to a stream is called its ___________ ___________.

The___________ ___________ is the maximum rate at which the soil or other surface materials can absorb water.

Along a graded stream, no sediment is eroded, transported, or deposited.

What is the most costly and destructive type of natural disaster?

What is stream piracy?

Erosion occurs through hydraulic action and abrasion.

In a downstream direction, which of the following trends occurs?

Stream terraces will develop if

Competence of a stream is defined by the largest particle that a stream can carry.

Why are predictions of the magnitudes of 50-year or 100-year floods unreliable for most of North America?

Approximately what percentage of atmospheric water comes directly from the ocean?

Graded streams tend to be characterized by

Streams and stream valleys are the result of erosion of the stream along its length to base level.

Understanding Earth: A Dynamic and Evolving Planet

Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory

Minerals-The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanism

Weathering, Erosion, and Soil

Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Earthquakes

Earths Interior

The Seafloor

Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Evolution of Continents

Mass Wasting

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

The Work of Winds and Deserts

Shorelines and Shoreline Processes

Geology and Humanity

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The total area that provides runoff to a stream is called its _ _.

The_ _ is the maximum rate at which the soil or other surface materials can absorb water.