Exam 5: Running Water and Groundwater

Most hot springs in the United States are located in the southeast, especially Georgia.

Permeable rock strata or sediment that transmit groundwater freely are called ________.

A natural levee is ________.

Word Analysis. Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

What is the name of the localized lowering of the water table shown in the diagram below?

If two streams are identical in every respect except for gradient, the stream with the higher gradient would have the greater velocity.

What feature originates where the water table intersects the land surface?

________ is the quantity of water flowing past a certain stream cross section per unit time.

Where would the words "head," "mouth," "steep gradient," and "gentle gradient" be located on the diagram below?

Hot springs are most numerous in which region of the United States?

As stream discharge increases ________.

________ describes the total sediment load transported by a stream.

For a well to be characterized as being artesian, water must flow freely at the surface.

If you were to examine the profile of a typical river, you would probably find that the gradient is ________.

As a form of flood control, ________ involves altering a stream channel to speed the flow of water to prevent it from reaching flood height.

________ is the total quantity of sediment carried by a river.

________ is the volume of voids or open space in a rock or unconsolidated material.

The suspended load of a stream ________.

The Mississippi River is North America's largest river in terms of discharge.

Stream discharge is defined as the quantity of water flowing past a specific channel location per unit time.