Stream Development

When a stream or river starts to slow down, it:

• Picks up more sediment
• Erodes more rapidly
• Deposits fine sediments, but continues carrying larger rocks
• Deposits larger rocks, but continues carrying finer sediment

The steeper the slope, the ________ the stream.

• Slower
• Broader
• Faster
• Curvier

The map below represents a river as it enters a lake. 
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?

• A,C and E
• B, D and F
• B, C, and F
• A, D and E

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What kind of river produces meanders like the ones in the image?

• Young

• Old

What factor(s) determine a river's ability to erode sediment?

• Velocity

• Gradient

• Discharge

• Stream Channel Shape

Which profile best shows the general depositional pattern that occurs when water from a stream enters

the ocean?

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Each of the rock particles below has the same density

and volume. Which particle will most likely settle at

the fastest rate in moving water?

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Four quartz samples of equal size and shape were

placed in a stream. Which of the four quartz samples

below has most likely been transported farthest in the

stream?

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Which size particle will remain suspended longest as

a river enters the ocean?

• pebble

• sand

• silt

• clay

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The diagram represents a meandering stream flowing into the ocean. Letter C indicates a triangular-shaped depositional feature where the stream enters the ocean.

The triangular-shaped depositional feature indicated by letter C is a

• Floodplain

• Delta

• Ellipse

• Water Table