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| True or False- the hydrologic cycle is intimately related to the rock cylce. |
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| True: its related through its effects on erosion and sedimentation. |
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| 74% of the fresh water on earth is |
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| frozen in ice caps and glaciers |
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| 98.5% of unfrozen fresh water is: |
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| Precipitation is rain, hail, snow, etc. |
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| What does condensation mean? |
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It means water vaport changes back into a liquid or solid.
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| Movement of water is powered by? |
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| Solar Energy and the Sun. |
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| What does transpiration mean? |
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| It's when moisture taken up by plant roots passes through the plant and eventually evaporates from the leaf surfaces. |
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| What is happening when water slowly penetrates into the soil? |
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| What does streamflow consist of? |
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| It consists of storm flow and base flow. |
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| The overflowing of channels as a result of percipitation. |
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| The water fed into a channel directly by ground water. |
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| Streams that have no base flow and can dry up seasonaly are? |
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| Streams that have base flow and don't dry up are? |
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The passage way of a strem is the...
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| The total of all the sediment and dissolved matter a stream is transporting. |
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| What seperates drainage basins? |
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| Every stream as a ______________ which is the total area that contributes water to a stream. |
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| True or false. Earth's streams and drainage systems are constantly evolving in response to changing conditions. |
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| What is a stream's grandient? |
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| Measurement of the vertical distance that a stream channel descends between two points along its course. |
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| What factors controls a stream's behavior? |
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1. average width and depth of channel
2. channel gradient
3. average velocity of the water
4. the discharge
5. the sediemtn load |
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| It's the quantity of water passing a point on a stream bank during a given interval of time. |
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| What do you call a stream that joins a larger stream? |
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| A channel that forms a series of smooth, looplike bends is called ______. |
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| Where does erosion occur on a meander loop? |
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| Erosion occurs on the outer banks, while sediment build-up occurs on the inside of a pend. |
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| It's the build-up of sediment in a stream. |
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