Vocabulary
Stream Studies
Think About It
Human Questions
Miscelleaneous
100
What do scientists call the process of a rock being broken down into smaller pieces by water, wind, and natural processes? a) deposition b) weathering c) plate movement d) erosion
What is weathering?
100
Sam poured water through a flat stream table. The he poured water through a stream table with a steep slope. What did he observe? a) The water flowed faster in the stream table with a flat slope. b) There was no change in the speed of the water flow. c) The water carried less soil when the slope was flat. d) The water flowed faster when the slope was steep.
What is the water flowed faster when the slope was steep?
100
When you sprayed water on the steep slope made of aluminum foil, what did you learn? a) Water moved from higher ground to lower ground. b) After you sprayed you could not tell where the water went. c) Water moved from lower ground to higher ground. d) Water soaked into the foil.
What is water moved from higher ground to lower ground?
100
What kind of weathering were you modeling when you blew over the sand pile? a) sun b) rain c) wind d) snow
What is wind?
100
What is the name of the feature that is labeled # 1? a) source b) bank c) mouth d) lake
What is source?
200
A river delta is formed by which of the following processes? a) weathering b) deposition c) earthquake d) plate movement
What is deposition?
200
Sam poured water quickly through a stream table. Then he poured water slowly through the stream table? What did he most likely observe? a) There was no change in how much sediment was eroded by the stream. b) The stream carried less sediment and ran faster when the water was poured quickly. c) The stream carried more sediment and ran faster when the water was poured quickly. d) The stream carried the sediment farther when the water was poured slowly.
What is the stream carried more sediment and ran faster when the water poured quickly?
200
If the surface of the earth is always eroding away, why hasn't it eroded away completely by now? a) Not enough time has passed for it to erode away, b) Eroded Earth materials are deposited somewhere else. c) Earthquakes and volcanoes create new hills and mountains. d) People change the Earth's surface as they build cities and towns.
What is Earthquakes and volcanoes create new hills and mountains?
200
What is the best way for a scientist to predict how a town would be affected by a flood? a) model b) Venn diagram c) graph d) pie chart
What is model?
200
What is the name of the feature that is labeled # 3? a) lake b) source c) bank d) mouth
What is mouth?
300
Wind breaking down rock walls is an example of ________. a) rapid change b) slow change c) no change d) chemical change
What is slow change?
300
When you ran a full flow of water through your stream table, which result most likely happened? a) The stream ran deeper and straighter than with less water. b) The stream ran less deep than with less water. c) There was no change. d) The stream carried less soil than with less water.
What is the stream ran deeper and straighter than with less water?
300
Which of the following is an example of a rapid change? a) mountain building b) earthquakes c) plate movement d) weathering
What is earthquakes?
300
An example of a negative impact that can result from dam construction is __________. a) using water to produce electricity b) using the dam for boating, water skiing and fishing c) changing the habitat for plants and animals in the area. d) using water for irrigation of crops.
What is changing the habitat for plants and animals in the area?
300
Volcanoes are an example of which of the following processes? a) erosion of earth material b) deposition of earth material c) building up of new earth material d) weathering of earth material
What is building up of new earth material?
400
The movement of the Earth's layers cause all of the following EXCEPT ___________. a) volcanoes b) earthquakes c) rivers d) mountains
What is rivers?
400
What can you tell from the data in the table? a) Water carries the same amount of material on flat and steep slopes. b) Water running on flat slopes carries more material. c) Water running on steep slopes carries more material. d) Water running on steep slopes carries less material.
What is water running on steep slopes carries more material?
400
Engineers built a dam on a river. What benefit might result? a) The habitat for animals and plants will be destroyed. b) Flooding to most of the surrounding areas will be controlled. c) An existing town located behind the dam will be flooded. d) Ancient archaeological sites will be ruined.
What is flooding to most of the surrounding areas will be controlled?
400
What is the best way to show the data from this table? a) Venn diagram b) model c) stem and leaf plot d) bar graph
What is bar graph?
400
A volcano erupted. When scientists looked at the volcano area, they noticed that a lake near the volcano had been moved. Why do you think this happened? a) The eruption sent a cloud of ash more than 12 miles high. b) The volcano caused slow changes to the Earth's surface. c) Scientists know that lakes move every 10-12 years. d) The volcano causes rapid changes to the Earth's surface.
What is the volcano causes rapid changes to the Earth's surface?
500
Acid rain seeping into the ground to create caves is an example of which of the following? a) physical weathering b) erosion c) plate movement d) chemical weathering
What is chemical weathering?
500
You are planning to build a group of new houses along a stream. After watching four tests of floods on your steam table model, you have decided to build your houses where? a) at the mouth of the stream (#4) b) on the inside curve of the stream (#3) c) just below the dam of the stream (#1) d) along the outside curve of the stream (#2)
What is on the inside curve of the stream (#3)?
500
Which of the following best explains why some rivers might flow from South to North and others flow from North to South? a) The plates under them are moving. b) Water moves from higher ground to lower ground. c) Their slopes are the same. d) The wind blows them that direction.
What is Water moves from higher ground to lower ground.
500
What tools do scientists use to record data and communicate (share) the results of their investigations? a) notebooks b) stream tables c) sand blasters d) email
What is notebooks?
500
All of these are layers of the earth except _________. a) crust b) core c) mantle d) sediment
What is sediment?
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