Water systems

Question 1

A narrow pathway carved into sediment rock by the movement of surface water

Answer 1

Stream channel

Question 2

Ground bordering each side of a stream that keeps the moving water confined

Answer 2

Stream bank

Question 3

When a river or stream bed is diverted and the water flows down another channel

Answer 3

Stream capture

Question 4

The elevation at which stream enters another stream or body of water

Answer 4

Base level

Question 5

Curved or bend in a stream formed when a stream slope decreases water builds up into the stream channel and moving water roads away the sides of the stream bed

Answer 5

Meander

Question 6

Triangular deposit usually made of soil and clay particles that forms where a stream enter enters a large body of water

Answer 6

Oxbow lake

Question 7

A triangular shaped deposit of gravel sand and even smaller pieces of sediment such as silt

Answer 7

Alluvial fan

Question 8

An area of a low flat land shaped like a triangle where a river splits and spread, spreads out into several branches before entering the sea

Answer 8

Delta

Question 9

Process during which extreme resumes downcutting towards the base level increasing its rate of flow

Answer 9

Rejuvenation

Question 10

Natural or human made body water that can form when a depression on land fills with water

Answer 10

Lake

Question 11

Processed by which lakes become rich and nutrients from the surrounding watershed, resulting in a change in the kinds of organisms in the lake

Answer 11

Eutrophication

Question 12

A low lying area of land that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally

Answer 12

Wetland

Question 13

wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body

Answer 13

Bog

Question 14

an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects

Answer 14

Swamp

Question 15

a type of wetland, an area of land where water covers ground for long periods of time

Answer 15

March

Question 16

Aver. Width (m) X aver. Depth (m) X aver. Velocity (m/s)

Answer 16

Discharge formula:

Question 17

The discharge of sediment particles which are too heavy to be held up by the turbulent action of the flow

Answer 17

Bed load

Question 18

The measure of the volume of stream water that flows past a particular location within a given period of time

Answer 18

Discharge

Question 19

An elevated land area that separates one watershed from another

Answer 19

Divide

Question 20

Potentially devastating natural occurrence in which water spills over the sides of a stream banks onto adjacent land areas

Answer 20

Flood

Question 21

An area of low laying ground adjacent into a river formed, mainly of river, sediments, and subject to flooding

Answer 21

Floodplain

Question 22

All of the waters on earth surface

Answer 22

Hydrosphere

Question 23

Water flowing down slope along earth surface

Answer 23

Runoff

Question 24

The method of transport for all particles small enough to be held up by the turbulence of a streams moving water

Answer 24

Suspension

Question 25

All of the lane area whose water drains into a stream system

Answer 25

Watershed

Question 26

A liquid mixture in which the minor component is distributed with the major component

Answer 26

Solution

Question 26

The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth surface

Answer 26

Water cycle

Question 27

cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline

Answer 27

Waterfalls

Question 28

1. precipitation 2. runoff 3. infiltration number 4. groundwater 5. oceans 6. evaporation 7.condensation

Answer 28

What’s the water cycle in order