Running Water & Ground Water

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

Permeable rock/sediments can transmit groundwater freely is called _____.

What feature will be formed along the hillside at the area labeled A?

Where does a stream flow the fastest at?

A stream's discharge _____.

When a stream is divided into several smaller channels, it is called _____.

What process is illustrated by the D arrows?

What are the boundaries called that separate drainage basins?

Caverns most commonly form in what type of bedrock?

What letter labels the zone of saturation?

Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own pressure is a(an) ______.

The ability of a stream to erode material depends on _____.

Rock structures that hang from the ceiling of a cavern is called _____.

The single most important erosional agent is _____.

A cavern is an underground chamber formed by _____.

In a typical stream, where the gradient is steep, the discharge _____.

In a stream channel, what is deposited first?

The depositional feature that forms where a stream enters a lake or ocean?

The release of water vapor into the atmosphere by plants is a process called _____.

What feature is labeled C?

Which of the following factors does NOT influence stream velocity?

Ground water is found at the zone of ______.

What is the ultimate base level of a stream?

What process is illustrated by the arrows labeled A?

The lowest point to which a stream can erode its channel is called ____.

Which of the water wells will be able to pump water?

The most prominent features of a narrow valley that drops rapidly is ____.

The vertical drop of a stream channel over a certain distance is called _____.

The ______ of a stream usually consists of sand, silt and clay.

If a river is 100 m above sea level and travels 200 km, what is its gradient?

As stream discharge increases _____.

The measure of the largest particles a stream can carry?

The average annual precipitation = _____.