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

A/an __________ __________ is a mound of sediment that accumulates on the inside of a meander.

High-gradient streams are likely to form:

A nutrient-poor lake is called a/an __________ lake.

Turnovers in lakes situated in temperate climates typically occur in __________.

Flood plains, marshes, and swamps are all __________.

A steep mountain stream usually cuts an S-shaped valley.

What proportion of the Earth's surface water is freshwater found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs?

If you dig into the unsaturated zone, the hole will fill with water.

The constant circulation of water among sea, land, and the atmosphere is called the __________ __________.

A/an __________ lake formed when melting glaciers left huge blocks of ice in glacial sediment.

The top of a waterfall is an example of:

Stream gradient, discharge, and __________ determine the velocity of a stream.

__________ is the steepness of a stream.

Most of the surface freshwater (in liquid or frozen form) is contained in:

Ions are transported in a stream as:

Low-gradient streams flow in a series of bends called __________.

Water dripping from a limestone cave spatters on the cave floor and releases carbon dioxide and precipitates calcite to build __________ from the floor upward.

__________ is a measure of the speed at which water can travel through porous soil or bedrock.

A stream erodes its bank most rapidly on the outside of a curve.

Downward stream erosion is called __________.