Exam 3: Landscapes Fashioned by Water

Between a river and its floodplain, you might find ________.

Plants consume water during photosynthesis. They also release it to the atmosphere during ________.

One drainage basin is separated from a neighboring drainage basin by a ________.

Examine the sketch of a bend in a river. The arrows show the water flow direction. In which of the four lettered locations will erosion take place?

________ make up the suspended loads of most rivers and streams.

Mass wasting processes are always rapid.

Imagine that you land a new job as a consultant to a county where floods have recently damaged many houses along a river. Describe some of the structural methods that are available to you as options to control flooding.

The feature marked "B" on this photo of a cavern interior is a stalactite.

Sinkholes form when the roof of a cavern collapses.

The steepest angle at which unconsolidated, granular material remains stable is ________.

Examine this photograph. Identify the features seen here, and describe in detail the sequence of events which must have occurred in order to produce these features.

The downslope movement of rock or soil due to the influence of gravity is ________.

A hot spring is a kind of geyser.

Loose, granular particles assume a stable slope called the angle of repose.

Where the water table intersects Earth's surface, a(n)________ results.

External processes include weathering, mass wasting, and ________.

Precipitation of water on the land surface leads directly to ________.

________ can form when the pressure surface is above the land surface.

Sediment in a stream is transported as part of the ________.

In Pearson County, residents are concerned because the water table has been dropping for more than two years. What might be some of the reasons that the amount of groundwater in Pearson County is decreasing?