Surface Water (Chapter 9)

What is water flowing downslope along Earth's surface?

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Divide

• Suspension

What is all of the land area whose water drains into a stream system?

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Divide

• Suspension

What is the elevated land area that separates one watershed from another?

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Divide

• Suspension

What is the method of transport for all particles small enough to be held up by the turbulence of a stream's moving water?

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Divide

• Suspension

What are sediments that are too heavy, such as sand, pebbles, and cobbles, that roll or push along the bed of the stream?

• Bed Load

• Discharge

• Flood

• Flood Plain

What is the measure of the volume of stream water that flows past a particular location within a given period of time?

• Bed Load

• Discharge

• Flood

• Flood Plain

What is it when water spills over the sides of a stream's banks onto the adjacent land?

• Bed Load

• Discharge

• Flood

• Flood Plain

What is the broad, flat area that extends out from a stream's bank and is covered by excess water during times of flooding?

• Bed Load

• Discharge

• Flood

• Flood Plain

What is the narrow pathway carved into sediment or rock by the movement of surface water?

• Stream Channel

• Stream Bank

What is the ground bordering each side of a stream that keeps the moving water confined?

• Stream Channel

• Stream Bank