
Erosion and Deposition Practice
Quiz by William Jaggers
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- Q1What is the most dominant form of erosion?glaciersrunning watergravitywind30s
- Q2When rain falls onto the surface of the earth, it can do all of the following exceptexfoliatebe storedinfiltraterunoff30s
- Q3The volume (amount) of water in a streams is the stream'ssaturationdischargevelocitygradient30s
- Q4During which season would a stream have the greatest discharge?SummerSpringWinterFall30s
- Q5An area of land drained by a river system is a(n)glacierdrainage basinmountainplateau30s
- Q6Which drainage basin in Massena located in?Mohawk-HudsonLong Island SoundSt LawrenceDelaware30s
- Q7As the velocity of a stream increases, erosionincreasesincreases then decreasesdecreaesstays the same30s
- Q8As a river's volume increases, erosiondecreases then increasesstays the samedecreasesincreases30s
- Q9As a stream's gradient increases, erosionincreasesstays the samedecreasesincreases then decreases30s
- Q10The bends in a stream channel are calledmeandersdog legscurvesturns30s
- Q11In a meander, where is the water moving the fastest?on the outside of the meanderin the center of the meanderafter the meanderon the inside of the meander30s
- Q12In a meander, where are sediments deposited the moston the outside of the curvein the center of the streamjust before the meanderon the inside of the curve30s
- Q13In a straight stream, where does the water move the fastest?in the center at the topat the sides of the stream near the shorein the center just below the water's surfacein the center near the bottom30s
- Q14Small sediments that don't settle and are carried by the stream are said to be insaltationsuspensionsaturationsolution30s
- Q15According to your ESRT, what is the largest size sediment that cab be transported by a stream in which the water velocity is 100 cm/sec?claypebblessiltsand30s