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BY WHICH PROCESS(ES) ARE V-SHAPED STREAM VALLEYS FORMED?

( slumping of the valley walls, soil creep in the valley walls, stream erosion) ALL OF THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT

By what motion(s) do sediment particles move in a stream?

* bouncing, sliding, rolling* ALL OF THE ABOVE

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COULD BE THE BASE LEVEL OF A STREAM

- A LARGER STREAM INTO WHICH IT FLOWS - A LAKE INTO WHICH IT FLOWS - ALL OF THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT

WHAT TYPES OF AREA CONSTITUTES A STREAM CHANNEL?

- AN AREA ERODED BY THE STREAM - AN AREA COVERED BY FLOODWATERS - AN AREA IN WHICH ITS WATER NORMALLY FLOWS

THE ______ OF A STREAM ARE WHERE IT BEGINS, AND ITS ________ IS WHERE IT FLOWS INTO ANOTHER BODY OF WATER

HEADWATERS; MOUTH

THE GRADIENT OF A STREAM DESCRIBES

THE STEEPNESS OF ITS PATH THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE

THE BASE LEVEL OF A STREAM CONTROLS

- HOW LONG IT WILL BE - HOW DEEPLY IT CAN ERODE ITS CHANNEL - HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT BEGAN TO FLOW

Streams are able to carry clasts ranging from mud to medium-sized boulders depending on their

- VALLEY WIDTH - KINETIC ENERGY - DEPTH

THE SINUOSITY OF A STREAM IS A MEASURE OF

HOW MUCH IT MEANDERS