The Solid Earth - Chapter 3: Drainage Systems and Patterns

Question 1

Each system that contains a stream consists of a ___ ____, the land area that contributes water to the stream

Answer 1

drainage basin

Question 2

The imaginary line that separates the drainage basin of one stream from another

Answer 2

divide

Question 3

This is a term for divides that split continents into enormous drainage basins

Answer 3

continental divide

Question 4

The most commonly encouraged drainage pattern

Answer 4

dendritic

Question 5

This pattern is characterized by an irregular branching of tributary streams that resembles the branching pattern of a deciduous tree

Answer 5

dendritic

Question 6

The dendritic pattern forms where the underlying material is relatively ____

Answer 6

uniform

Question 7

When streams diverge from a central area like spokes from the hub of a wheel, the pattern is

Answer 7

radial

Question 8

This pattern typically develops on isolated volcanic cones and domal uplifts

Answer 8

radial

Question 9

A ____ pattern has many right angle bends and develops when the bedrock is crisscrossed by joints and/or faults

Answer 9

Rectangular

Question 10

These structures in this pattern are eroded more easily than unbroken rock, so their geometric pattern guides the direction of valleys

Answer 10

Rectangular pattern

Question 11

A ____ drainage pattern is a rectangular pattern in which tributary streams are nearly parallel to one another and have the appearance of a garden trellis

Answer 11

trellis

Question 12

This pattern forms in areas underlain by alternating bands of resistant and less resistant rock is particularly well displayed in the folded Appalachians where both weak and strong strata outcrop in nearly parallel belts

Answer 12

Trellis