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Water Erosion and Deposition - Chapter 9 Earth Science (Glencoe)
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What is the network formed by a river and all the smaller streams that contribute to it?
Water table
Zone of saturation
River system
Groundwater system
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Which term describes rock through which fluids and flow easily?
Permeable
Meander
Saturated
Impermeable
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Flows smoothly through a broad, flat floodplain that it has deposited
Mature Stream
Old Stream
Retired Stream
Young Stream
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Name the deposit that forms when a maintain river runs into a plain
Infiltration
Alluvial fan
Subsidence
Water diversion
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Identify an example of a structure created by deposition
Beach
Geyser
Cave
Rill
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A deposit of sediment most commonly found on a smooth, gently sloped shoreline
Aquifer
Spring
Delta
Beach
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Where are beaches most common?
Flat shorelines
Aquifers
Young streams
Rocky shorelines
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Groove created by water moving down the same path
Rill
Stream
Channel
Gully
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A stream that flows through a steep valley that may have white water rapids or waterfalls
New Stream
Young Stream
Old Stream
Mature Stream
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Forms when the water table meets Earth's surface
Spring
Geyser
Beach
Aquifer
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Which stage of development are mountain streams in?
Old
New
Mature
Young
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What is a later of permeable rock that water flows through?
Aquifer
Impermeable
Pore
Water table
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Water that soaks into the ground & collects in pores & empty spaces- drinking water source
Aquifer
Stream
Groundwater
Spring
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What contains heated groundwater that reaches Earth's surface?
Cave
Hot spring
Water table
Aquifer
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Flows more smoothly through its valley and starts to erode along its sides and curves develop
Old Stream
Young Stream
Mature Stream
Creek
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Occurs when water flowing as sheets picks up sediments and carries them away
Longshore current
Sheet Erosion
Water Erosion
Drainage Basin
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What forms as a result of the water table meeting Earth's surface?
Spring
Stalactite
Aquifer
Meander
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Hot spring that periodically erupts and shoots water and steam into the air
Geyser
Spring
Volcano
Aquifer
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Why does water rise in an artesian well?
Heat
Erosion
Pressure
A pump
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Layer of permeable rock that allows water to flow through
Aquifer
Limestone
Sandstone
Granite