Earth's Freshwater Part 2 Quiz

What are streams categorized by?

• Their color, temperature, and clarity

• Their size, depth, speed, and location

• Their fish population, pollution level, and age

• Their proximity to cities, wildlife, and vegetation

In streams, how does water always flow?

• Uphill

• In a circular motion

• Downhill

• Randomly

What is the term used to describe the point where two streams come together?

• Delta

• Mouth

• Confluence

• Estuary

What is the stream order of the largest river in the diagram?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What causes the neck of a meander to become narrow before forming an Oxbow Lake?

• Deposition of sediments on both sides of the bend.

• Erosion of the outer banks of the bend.

• Construction of dams and levees by humans.

• The straightening of the river due to man-made channels.

During the formation of an Oxbow Lake, what happens during floods?

• The river deposits more sediments in the bend.

• The river dries up, leaving behind a lake.

• The river takes the shortest course through the neck.

• Fish and other aquatic life create a new path.

Where does a river delta typically form?

• At the source of a river in the mountains.

• Where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as a sea or ocean.

• In the middle section of a river, known as the meander zone.

• At the confluence of two rivers.

Where does deposition in a meandering river occur?

• On the outside of the bend

• At the river source

• In the middle of the river

• On the inside of the bend

What happens to rain that falls on the north side of a divide?

• It evaporates immediately and does not contribute to any drainage basin

• It flows into the southern drainage basin

• It flows into the northern drainage basin

• It is absorbed by the divide and does not flow into any basin

How do lakes typically lose water?

• Through underground springs.

• Due to water being added from glaciers.

• To evaporation and drainage through a river or a stream.

• By subglacial melting.