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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