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Freshwater quiz review
2016
The area of land where water drains into a
common river is called a ____________.
Watersheds are separated by hills and valleys. An
example is the continental divide. These features
are called ___________.
An underwater reservoir of water above rock
or in between rock is called a/an __________.
Materials that allow water to easily pass
through are called __________ layers.
Materials that do not allow materials to pass
through easily are called ___________ layers.
Water underground enters through cracks
and openings in the soil called ________.
What is the most prevalent material found in
a saturated zone?
Where is the water table located?
What materials would you find in the
saturated zone of soil?
• A. air pebbles and sand
• Air rocks soil and clay
• Gravel clay and sand
• Gravel water soil and rocks
What percentage of earth’s water is salt
water?
What percentage of water is freshwater?
Most freshwater is __________ in the polar
icecaps.
This type of river has steep banks, no floodplain, a
straight path, and a very fast flow.
This river has gently sloping banks, a large
floodplain, and large meanders.
This river does not have as steep banks, a
small floodplain, and slight meanders.
Can you label the parts of the water cycle?
• Condensation
• Percolation/infiltration
• Precipitation
• Runoff
• Transpiration
• Powers the water cycle
• evaporation
A stream is likely to deposit rock and soil that
it is carrying when
• A. it carries many tributaries
• B. its volume decreases
• C. its current slows
• D. it has a steep gradient
If a stream has a high discharge it has energy
to carry ________ particles.
Where do lakes form?
How do aquifers get replenished?
What two elements make up water?
Where would you need to drill a well to get
water out of the well?
How has the amount of water on earth
changed over our life?
Water always flows ____________.
What type of well needs a bucket to pull
water up?
What kind of well works under pressure and
does not need to be pumped?
If you have a container with rocks, and you pour
water into the bottom half, where would the
water table be found?
Know these parts
Rivers move a great deal of material. The faster
the water moves, the _________ material can be
carried down a stream.
How long do you think it took for form the
Grand Canyon?
The lower or downstream portion of the river is at
its deepest, __________, and _______ speed. The
It also has the ____________ volume and a very
gentle ________.
Erosion is greater on the _______ of the bend
of a river.
Depositon is greater on the _________ of the
bend of a river.
The deposit from an alluvial fan is on the
______.
The deposit from a delta is on the ________.
We live in what waterhed?
What are the three types of loads?
• How do these loads look?