Download GEOGRAPHY 12 VOCABULARY QUIZ

GEOGRAPHY 12 VOCABULARY QUIZ
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BED/TRACTION
SUSPENDED
AGRICULTURE
BANKS
CHANNEL SHAPE
RADIAL
TRELLIS
RADIAL
CUSPATE
ESTUARINE
ALLUVIUM
FLOODPLAIN
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
DISCHARGE
DELTA
DRAINAGE BASIN
DENDRITIC
BIRD’S FOOT DELTA
POINT BAR
GRADIENT
ABRASION
ATTRITION
ALLUVIAL FANS
DENDRITIC
HYDRAULIC ACTION
TRELLIS
ARCUATE DELTA
CUTBANK
1. ____________ is an area of land from which a stream gets all of its
water supply
2. ____________ , ____________, ____________ are three types of
drainage basins
3. An drainage pattern that has streams meeting at 90 degrees and is
crated by alternating layers of hard and soft rock ____________
4. A spokelike drainage pattern. Flows away from the summit of a dome
or volcano in all directions is known as ______________
5. A drainage pattern that is created along uniform layers of rock
hardness is known as ______________
6. During a flood a stream may overflow its banks. The land adjacent to
a stream created by overflow is called a ______________.
7. Stream ______________ are the sloping edges of the river channel.
8. In a meandering river the erosion takes place along the
______________, while deposition takes place along the
______________.
9. These three factors control stream flow or velocity
______________, ______________, and ______________.
10. Streams erode soils and rock material in four ways. These are:
______________ , ______________ , ______________ ,
______________ (4 marks)
11. Streams transport eroded materials called loads. There are three
types of stream loads. A ______________ load consists of ions and
minerals. A ______________ load consists of gravel and boulders
and are transported on the bottom of a stream channel. A
______________ load consists of fine silts and clays and are carried
in the middle of the stream channel.
12. The deposition of stream sediments can have positive effects.
______________ is a human activity that benefits from stream
flooding and the deposition of rich sediments.
13. All sedimentary material deposited by streams is called.
______________
14. As a stream flows down from a steep mountain front onto a flat plain
it loses its velocity or speed and deposits material into a fan shape
called a ______________ _______.
15. A ______________ is formed when a stream flows into the ocean
and deposits its load forming new lands. Deltas that look like an
inverted cone are known as ______________ deltas. Deltas that look
like a tooth are known as ______________ deltas. Deltas that look
like an estuary are known as ______________ deltas. Finally deltas
that have numerous distributaries cut through the river deposits.
This type of delta is called a ______________ _______ delta.
No-Fill in the blanks for question 16.
16. The Aswan ___________ was built in the upper course of the
______________ River in order to control ______________.
Name two effects that the building of this dam had on natural and
human systems:
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