BJU Earth Science Chapter 16 Study Guide

What is the origin of a stream?

The two main sources of stream water is surface water and groundwater.

A salt flat is an expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals, and they form when salty lakes disappear.

A bay is a body of water that is smaller than a gulf that is connected to the ocean. A bog is a freshwater wetland.

Why is it important to study limnology?

What is another stream's gradient?

A bloodthirsty plant is a plant that consumes live organisms for food.

What do most streams contain?

Lake Chaubunagungamaug is the name of an unusual lake.

Lakes can form anywhere there is an impression in the land.

How much fresh water makes up a lake?

How are lakes formed?

What is an extreme form of rapids?

Perennial streams are an type of stream that hold water throughout the year.

Intermittent streams are a type of stream that hold water during wet portions of the year.

What are three ways that a crater is formed?

How do most unusual lakes receive their water?

What are the three main types of streams?

What are the phases of lakes in order?

What is water made of?

What are streams made of?

What is a lake by definition?

Where do lakes form?

What is limnology?

What is a stream?

What is a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake?

A drainage basin is an area were all percipitation flows to a single stream or set of streams.