Question 1

Which term refers to the fastest area of flow in a stream?

Accepted Answer

A)  thalweg
B)  cut bank
C)  point bar
D)  oxbow lakeE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Norway makes about __________ percent of its electricity from dams.

Accepted Answer

A)  50
B)  60
C)  90
D)  98E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

First-order streams are often intermittent streams.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which forms on the outside bend of a meander?

Accepted Answer

A)  cutoff
B)  oxbow lake
C)  cut bank
D)  point barE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

What is stream rejuvenation? What rejuvenates a stream? What do streams do once they are rejuvenated?

Accepted Answer

Stream rejuvenation refers to the increa...

Question 6

-In the figure, box F shows what type of drainage pattern?

Accepted Answer

A)  deranged
B)  centripetal
C)  rectangular
D)  dendriticE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

__________ occurs when particles move in the streambed by dragging and tumbling.

Accepted Answer

A)  Abrasion
B)  Saltation
C)  Traction
D)  SuspensionE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

What stream order results when a third-order and a second-order stream meet?

Accepted Answer

A)  The stream order does not change.
B)  A fourth-order stream results.
C)  A fifth-order stream results.
D)  A sixth-order stream results.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

A ridge or highland that separates drainage basins is called a(n)  __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  drainage divide
B)  continental divide
C)  internal drainage system
D)  dendritic drainage systemE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 10

-In the figure, box E shows what type of drainage pattern?

Accepted Answer

A)  deranged
B)  radial
C)  rectangular
D)  trellisE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

What is one of the major problems with dams in the Pacific Northwest?

Accepted Answer

A)  sedimentation
B)  blocking spawning fish such as salmon
C)  lack of hydroelectric production
D)  loss of archaeological sitesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Which is not one of the many names natural streams go by?

Accepted Answer

A)  brooks
B)  runs
C)  wadis
D)  canalsE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

__________ drainage forms on the flanks of volcanoes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dendritic
B)  Deranged
C)  Radial
D)  TrellisE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Drainage basins are usually small and geographically limited.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Geographers refer to the size of fragments a stream can transport as stream competence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

__________ drainage can form where bedrock jointing creates a linear pattern of streams.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dendritic
B)  Deranged
C)  Rectangular
D)  TrellisE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

What stream order results when a first-order and a first-order stream meet?

Accepted Answer

A)  The stream order does not change.
B)  A second-order stream results.
C)  A third-order stream results.
D)  A fourth-order stream results.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Stream deposits are often sorted by size.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In a stream's headwaters, what size of stream channel material would most likely be found?

Accepted Answer

A)  large, angular boulders
B)  well-rounded stones and pebbles
C)  sand, silt, and clay
D)  dissolved mineralsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

The radial stream drainage pattern is the most common type of drainage pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: Flowing Water: Fluvial Systems

__________ drainage can form where bedrock jointing creates a linear pattern of streams.

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What stream order results when a first-order and a first-order stream meet?

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Norway makes about __________ percent of its electricity from dams.

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Stream deposits are often sorted by size.

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The radial stream drainage pattern is the most common type of drainage pattern.

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In a stream's headwaters, what size of stream channel material would most likely be found?

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What is stream rejuvenation? What rejuvenates a stream? What do streams do once they are rejuvenated?

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What is one of the major problems with dams in the Pacific Northwest?

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Which forms on the outside bend of a meander?

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Geographers refer to the size of fragments a stream can transport as stream competence.

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Which term refers to the fastest area of flow in a stream?

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__________ occurs when particles move in the streambed by dragging and tumbling.

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A ridge or highland that separates drainage basins is called a(n) __________.

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First-order streams are often intermittent streams.

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-In the figure, box F shows what type of drainage pattern?

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What stream order results when a third-order and a second-order stream meet?

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Which is not one of the many names natural streams go by?

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Drainage basins are usually small and geographically limited.

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__________ drainage forms on the flanks of volcanoes.

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-In the figure, box E shows what type of drainage pattern?

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