Multiple choice and short answers

Multiple choice and short answers

A rainshadow desert forms __________.

when dry air descends from high in the atmosphere between 20° and 30° latitude
in places where mountain ranges act as barriers to the movement of water vapor
in cold, polar regions
near the equator, where moist air rises (because it is hot and less dense) up, away from earth’s surface

 

Question 2

Precipitation of water on the land surface in the hydrologic cycle leads directly to __________.

infiltration, transpiration, and drainage
storage, glaciers, and water balance
discharge, runoff, and erosion
evaporation, infiltration, and runoff

 

Question 3

Groundwater tends to flow through bodies of rock or sediment that ________.

are composed of dark silicate minerals
have a high porosity
have a high permeability
are aquitards

 

Question 4

What is the volume of water that passes through each part of the hydrologic cycle annually called?

Transpiration
Water budget
Infiltration
Water balance

 

Question 5

Plants consume water during photosynthesis. They also release it to the atmosphere during __________.

evaporation
degassing
transpiration
infiltration

 

Question 6

  1. Match the term with the definition
Dissolved load

 

Bed load

 

Sorting

 

Capacity

Braided channels

 

A.

The maximum load of solid particles a stream can transport
B. Sand, gravel, and large boulders that are too large to be carried in suspension, and instead move along the bottom of a stream channel
C. Soluble sediments that are carried in solution
D. A complex network of converging and diverging channels that thread their way among numerous islands or gravel bars
E. The physical breakdown (disintegration) and chemical alteration (decomposition) of rock at or near Earth’s surface
F. The process by which solid particles of various sizes are separated and deposited in different location

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