Exam 11: Fresh Water: Streams, Lakes, Ground Water, and Wetlands

A stream's ____ is the volume of water flowing downstream over a given period of time.

Discuss which part of a sinuous stream would be a resource for future sand and gravel resources.

You would expect a stream to flow faster if it were straight rather than had numerous meanders or curves.

Which is not a true statement about eutrophic lakes?

____________________ refers to the interconnectedness of pores within rock or soil, and the ability of the material to transmit a fluid.

If you were hiking in an area that remained flooded or water-soaked for all or part of the year, what type of environment would you be hiking in? _______________

Explain why it is important for humans to conserve groundwater instead of over-discharging this resource.

Engineers construct a wall that is built along the banks of a stream to prevent flooding and this wall is called a what? _________________

If you went to fish on a river that flowed year-round, what specific type of stream would you be visiting?

The outermost edge of a delta that is composed mostly of fine-grained muds is the ____.

Superheated water beneath geysers constantly boils underground.

Bed load and suspended load are instrumental in the downward erosion of a stream into its bed, which is called ____.

If you visited a wetland, you would expect to see plants such as cattails, bulrushes, and mangroves that are adapted to periodic flooding or water saturation.

Flooding is a natural part of delta evolution and all deltas will flood if sufficient discharge is supplied from the river that feeds it.

If you wanted to obtain freshwater on Earth, what would be the most prolific source of available freshwater that is not ice? ____________________

The deepest level to which a stream can erode its bed is called ____.

Levees may solve flooding problems in the short term but they can cause larger and more destructive floods over the long term.

The channels that split from the main stream feeding a delta or alluvial fan are called ____________________.