12) The units of discharge are: A. m 3 /s B. ft 3 /s C. m 2 /yr D. ft 2 /s E. No

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12) The units of discharge are:

A. m3/s

B. ft3/s

C. m2/yr

D. ft2/s

E. None of the above

13) Glaciers and straight streams have the same velocity profiles, where the velocity is:

A. Highest at the edges

B. Highest at the bottom

C. Affected by frictional resistance on the edges

D. Fastest in the center

E. C & D

14) If you were a water drop deposited by rain in eastern Pennsylvania, what water body would you end up in?

A. Arctic

B. Gulf of Mexico

C. Gulf of California

D. Atlantic

E. Pacific

15) As sediment is transported by streams sediment clasts change from angular to rounded in shape. We call this change in shape?

A. Metamorphosis

B. Maturity

C. Obliquity

D. Sedimentation

E. None of the above

16) Streams transport sediment and rock fragments. What happens with greater distance of transport?

A. Sediment becomes more angular

B. Maturity increases

C. Rock fragments and minerals become unstable

D. B & C

E. None of the above

17) Streams do work, eroding bedrock as they flow to base level. Which of the following is NOT a process by which streams erode?

A. Dissolution

B. Abrasion

C. Saltation

D. Breaking

E. None of the above

18) Sediment transported by streams is called the sediment load. Which of the following are types of load?

A) Dirt

B) Suspended

C) Bed load

D) Dissolved

E. B-C

Please answer all of the questions!!!

Explanation / Answer

12) ft3/s and m3/s are both the units of discharge

discharge is the volume of water moving down stream per unit time

13) C & D

stream velocity is generally maximum at the top layers and then middle , bottom respectively

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