Professional Geologist Final Exam Questions and Answers
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River/stream processes in the correct sequence as their occurrence in nature? - Answer-weathering, erosion, transport, deposition
The general term for clay, silt, and sand deposited by running water - Answer-Alluvium
Watersheds boundaries are called - Answer-Drainage divides
Stream drainag...
Professional Geologist Final Exam
Questions and Answers
River/stream processes in the correct sequence as their occurrence in nature? -
Answer-weathering, erosion, transport, deposition
The general term for clay, silt, and sand deposited by running water - Answer-Alluvium
Watersheds boundaries are called - Answer-Drainage divides
Stream drainage patterns are determined by - Answer-differing rock resistance, slope,
climatic and hydrologic variability
As the discharge of a stream increases, what also happens? - Answer-Width, depth,
and velocity all increase
The ultimate base level is - Answer-sea level
A central peak, or a dome of a volcanic mountain, generally produces
________ drainage patterns - Answer-radial
The largest material that can be carried by a stream is carried as - Answer-bed load
The suspended load of a stream consists of particles that are - Answer-held aloft in the
stream flow
The total possible load a stream can transport is its - Answer-capacity
A streams ability to move particles of a specific size is its - Answer-competence
If the capacity of a stream is exceeded, ________ will occur - Answer-aggradation
what form of stream channel is likely to develop when
aggradation greatly exceeds erosion? - Answer-braided channels
An increase in turbulence and velocity does what to a rivers erosive powers - Answer-
increases
When a river reaches a base level, its forward velocity rapidly decelerates as it
enters a larger body of standing water and ________ is formed. - Answer-A delta
The average size of sediment in a natural levee is ________ that found in the
surrounding floodplain - Answer-larger than
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