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A stream that flows into another stream is called a(n):
distributary
divide
tributary
watershed
hydrograph
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Urbanization:
increases flood heights
decreases duration of flooding
increases the frequency of flooding
does ALL of these
does NONE of these
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In the plot of the data for Possum Trot Creek and Slapneck Creek, use of the term flashier would be applied to:
Slapneck Creek
Possum Trot Creek
neither of them since they show no difference
BOTH of them since they both showed rises above baselevel
BOTH of them since the rise in water level lasted for more than six hours
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If a stream has a discharge of 96 cubic meters per second, a velocity of 8 meters per second, and a depth of 4 meters, the width of the stream is:
3 meters
4 meters
24 meters
32 meters
3072 meters
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The thin layer of water flowing downhill over the surface during and shortly after a rain is BEST called:
ground water
sheetwash
rills
discharge
gully
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On Scenic, a divide is located at:
a
d
k
i
n
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If a 100 square meter parking lot receives an inch of rain (about .025 meters) of water in a rainstorm, the volume of runoff in cubic meters will be:
100
0.00025
0.25
2.5
25
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The high land separating one watershed from another is a(n):
lag time
discharge
divide
drainage basin
tributary
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On Scenic the two points that are in the same watershed are:
r and s
o and q
m and f
h and q
o and j
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Urbanization:
decreases flood height
increases the duration of flooding
decreases the frequency of flooding
does ALL of these
does NONE of these
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The process of moisture being removed from vegetation by exposure to the atmosphere is called:
hydrology
lapse time
evaporation
watershed
transpiration
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A trace of the stream channels on a map will produce a:
hydrograph
divide
drainage pattern
distributary
lagtime
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On Scenic a divide is located at point:
x
z
b
e
n
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A tree-like trace of streams in an area indicates:
folded bedrock
faulted bedrock
relatively uniform bedrock
both folds and faults
streams not in equilibrium with the environment
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On Scenic two points that are not in the same watershed are:
h and b
m and n
q and p
r and s
h and g
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The continuity equation is used to:
make a hydrograph
calculate the gradient of a stream
determine the watershed of a stream
calculate discharge
do ALL of these
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On a hydrograph, the y axis shows:
discharge
velocity
depth
time
width
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If a drop of water falls on point e on Scenic and it makes its way to a stream, it will flow past the area of:
a
b
g
d
BOTH A and B
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If a stream has a discharge of 120 cubic meters per second, a velocity of 10 meters per second, and a depth of 3 meters, the width of the stream would be:
4 meters
12 meters
40 meters
3600 meters
1440 meters
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Streams with short lag times are said to be:
at base level
fresh
flashy
distributary
polluted
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