GLG 101 Final UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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GLG 101
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GLG 101
GLG 101 Final UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Velocity of a stream is greatest _____. - CORRECT ANSWER-just below the surface in
the middle of the channel
As stream discharge increases, velocity _____. - CORRECT ANSWER-increases
Stream load consists of _____. - CORRECT ANSW...
GLG 101 Final UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Velocity of a stream is greatest _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-just below the surface in
the middle of the channel
As stream discharge increases, velocity _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increases
The maximum particle size that a stream is capable of transporting is _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-competence
The lowest level to which a stream may erode is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
base level
The process of evapotranspiration involves - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-transpiration and
evaporation.
Runoff from precipitation initially flows in tiny channels called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
rills
The future of the Mississippi River channel is _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a shift to
the course of the current Atchafalaya River
Which of the following is the dominant activity when a stream's gradient is steep and the
channel is well above base level? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Downcutting
Stream lengthening upslope at the valley head is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
headward erosion
, Water gaps in the Appalachian Mountains are caused by _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
stream erosion through folded terrain by superposed streams
Urbanization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increases the likelihood of flash flooding
A stream pattern on granitic terrain is _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dendritic
The level below which the soil and rock are saturated with water is called _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the water table
Of all the repositories of fresh water in the hydrosphere, the smallest is _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-river water
An oxbow lake is _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an abandoned meander still holding
water
Groundwater flows _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-perpendicular to the contours of the
water table
In poorly sorted sediments, porosity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-decreases
A rock unit that transmits groundwater is called a/an _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
aquifer
Gaining streams are best defined as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-streams that gain water from
the inflow of groundwater.
When pumping at a well exceeds recharge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a cone of depression
forms and a well may go dry.
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