Earth Science Chapter 16

Which of the following contain the greatest amount of the earth's fresh water?

Some lakes contain salt water instead of fresh

A young-earth geologist will claim that no lake or pond can be older than about _______ years.

usually has rapids and waterfalls

The energy of a stream is directly related to its gradient.

An unusual lake that has an inlet but not outlet is a _____.

A stream that appears as dotted blue lines on a topographic map is which of the following?

A stream and all its tributaries make up a _______.

The region from which water empties into a steam and its tributaries is a _____.

a measure of the slope of a stream

A stream along with all its tributaries is called a ______.

A ridge that separates one drainage basin from another is called a ________.

usually has floodplains

The study of the earth's surface waters is called ______.

The most likely reason that an engineer would design and build a levee would be to

Over time, most lakes will usually

Which of the following is a stream?

Lakes of all sizes have well-established current patterns, just like the oceans

The lowest level to which a stream can erode

a smaller stream that feeds a larger stream

What is the world's largest freshwater lake as measured by surface area?

For lakes and ponds in middle latitudes, the greatest contrast between surface and bottom temperatures would be in _____

is produced by a cutoff

The orgin of a stream is its ____________

The water in lakes are mixed vertically by a process called

the point where a stream flows into another body of water

The gradient of a steam relates most closely to it

All lakes shrink in size over time.

Which of the following contain the greatest amount of the earth's liquid fresh surface water?

Streams west of the North American Great Divide eventually drain into the ______.

Continental divides are usually mountain ranges

developes in the channels of low-gradient streams

There are several basin divides in North America

The lowest point to which the stream flows is its______.

Water that flows either seasonally or continuously on a distinct course over land

In which of the following would you expect to see a narrow, V-shaped cross-section?

Which of the following can lead to a change of water surface height up to several meters in a short period of time?

Which of the following are associated with low-gradient steams?

Which of the following is not a place where a lake can form?