Science Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Vocab
Chapter 9 Vocab (Cont`d)
Chapter 10
100
What types of streams forms V-Shaped Valleys?
What is Astroids Craters
100
Runoff
What is Water flowing downslope along Earth`s surface
100
when water spills over the sides of a streams banks onto the adjacent land
What is flood
100
Sinkholes may eventually join to form
What is wide valleys
200
Which factors determine the discharge of a stream?
What is width, depth, velocity
200
all of the land area whose water drains into a stream system
What is watershed
200
flat area that extends out from a streams bank and is covered by excess water during times of flooding
What is floodplain
200
What forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water
What is carbonic acid
300
Which process would result in rejuvenation of a stream?
What is Lifting of exsisting base level
300
An elevated land area that separates one watershed from another
What is Divide
300
A bend or curve in a stream channel caused by moving water
What is meandor
300
infiltrates the ground to become groundwater
What is precipitation
400
Which characteristic of the soil in a depression aids in the formation of a lake?
What is High content of organic material
400
Total volme of moving water also affects a streams carrying capacity
What is Discharge
400
Any land area that is covered with water for a part of the year
What is wetland
400
bedrock is dissolved or when caves collapse
What is sinkholes
500
When does downcutting of the strembed stop during stream formation?
What is When the water reaches a base level
500
Method of transport for all particles small enough to be held up by the turbulence of a streams moving water
What is Suspension
500
bodies of water surrounded by land from in different ways in surface depressions and in low areas
What is lake
500
confined aquifers in which water is under pressure
What is Artisian Wells
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