Question 1

Natural levees are commonly found in association with ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  braided streams and lava flows
B)  meandering streams and talus
C)  meandering streams and debris flows
D)  braided streams and rockslidesE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Drainage basins with channel systems that convey water to the ocean ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  flow to a temporary base level
B)  have exterior drainage
C)  flow to a regional base level
D)  have interior drainageE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

The length of time between 100-year floods is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  50 years
B)  100 years
C)  1000 years
D)  indeterminateE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The line of demarcation between adjacent drainage basins is a(n)  ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  drainage basin
B)  divide
C)  medial moraine
D)  interfluveE) None of the above
F) A) and D) B

Question 5

The ground area between adjacent stream channels is called the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  contrafluve
B)  hyperfluve
C)  interfluve
D)  perifluveE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

What is a floodplain, how is it formed, and what features are typically found on one?

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Question 7

Pebbles and cobbles would most likely be transported by a river as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  bed load
B)  discharge load
C)  suspended load
D)  solution loadE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

Channels that add their flow to a trunk stream are called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Channels that add their flow to a...

Question 9

The ultimate base level for stream erosion is ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ultimate base level for stream erosion...

Question 10

Floodplains are made ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  by tectonic activity
B)  by glaciation
C)  of alluvium
D)  artificially by peopleE) A) and B)
F) None of the above C

Question 11

Groundwater seeping into a stream channel at or below the water surface is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  stream load
B)  peak flow
C)  flood crest
D)  base flowE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The maximum amount of load that a stream can carry is known as stream ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The maximum amount of load that a...

Question 13

Streams can lengthen their drainage courses by the process of headward erosion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In the downstream direction, a typical humid-region stream would experience a(n)  ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  decrease in discharge
B)  decrease in channel depth
C)  increase in channel width
D)  increase in gradientE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

A dendritic drainage pattern is most likely to develop on rocks that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  have multiple parallel folds
B)  form a volcanic mountain
C)  are criss-crossed by fractures and faults
D)  are of uniform resistanceE) B) and D)
F) B) and C) D

Question 16

A second-order stream forms from the intersection of two ____________________ streams.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A second-order stream forms from the intersection...

Question 17

Rills are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ephemeral
B)  underground streams
C)  deposited on the inside of meander bends
D)  glacial lake basinsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Quantitative studies help us better predict ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  flood hazards
B)  stream capacity
C)  corrosion
D)  ephemeral flowE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Parallel tributaries are named for the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mississippi River
B)  Amazon River
C)  Yazoo River
D)  Nile RiverE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

____________________ is the most effective stream erosion process.

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Drainage basins with channel systems that convey water to the ocean ____.

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A second-order stream forms from the intersection of two ____________________ streams.

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Rills are ____.

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