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2.12 Stream Formation

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Question 1

1.

How is a stream different than a lake?

Question 2

2.

What is the name of the area where the water flows in a stream

tributary

channel

river

drainage

Question 3

3.

A triangular-shaped deposit of sediments that forms where a river meets standing water is a/an

delta

floodplain

levee

alluvial fan

Question 4

4.

What would the shape of a stream's drainage pattern be for a volcano?

Dendritic

Rectangular

Trellis

Radial

Question 5

5.

What would a stream's drainage pattern be for farmland?

Dendritic

Rectangular

Trellis

Radial

Question 6

6.

What causes a river to flow downhill?

discharge

gravity

amount of water in the stream

magic

Question 7

7.

Why does a delta form as a river enters an ocean or lake?

Question 8

8.

What causes flooding in a river?

Question 9

9.

The satellite picture shown above shows the Mississippi River entering the Gulf of Mexico. The depositional feature shown is

delta

sandbar

barrier island

outwash plain