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A stream with a (low-high) gradient will move slowly and only carry smaller sediment.
a) low
b) high
c)
d)

How fast a stream moves depends on the (pitch-gradient), or the steepness of the land which the stream flows over.
a) gradient
b) pitch
c)
d)

The sediments and other materials carried by the stream, other than the water itself, make up the stream (load-deposit).
a) load
b) deposit
c)
d)

Faster streams tend to have (wider-straighter) channels than slow-moving streams.
a) straighter
b) wider
c)
d)

Streams are important because they (distribute-collect) water on the surface of Earth.
a) distribute
b) collect
c)
d)

(Rivers-Tributaries) are smaller branches of a larger stream into which they flow.
a) Tributaries
b) Rivers
c)
d)

When precipitation flows across Earth's surface, it is called (runoff-rain).
a) runoff
b) rain
c)
d)

The water cycle describes how water moves from the (ocean-atmosphere) to the surface of Earth and back again.
a) atmosphere
b) ocean
c)
d)

If an area doesn't have access to surface water, they need to use (lake-groundwater) that is drawn up to the surface by a well.
a) groundwater
b) lake
c)
d)

Surface water is used to (irrigate-fertilize) plants and operate hydroelectric dams.
a) irrigate
b) fertilize
c)
d)

Water we use on a daily basis for drinking and bathing typically comes from (ground-surface) water.
a) surface
b) ground
c)
d)

Often, when water is absorbing energy, the energy comes from the (earth-sun).
a) sun
b) earth
c)
d)

Energy is transported to different parts of the Earth system in the water cycle when water changes (chemically-state).
a) state
b) chemically
c)
d)

Fog is a (cloud-vapor) that is close to or in contact with the ground.
a) cloud
b) vapor
c)
d)

Water vapor is (visible-invisible).
a) invisible
b) visible
c)
d)

(Precipitation-Evaporation) is any form of water that falls to Earth from clouds
a) Precipitation
b) Evaporation
c)
d)

(Recharge-Discharge) describes the volume of water moved by a stream in a given amount of time.
a) Discharge
b) Recharge
c)
d)

Streams carve out (clefts-channels) in rock and soil due to the powerful force of water.
a) channels
b) clefts
c)
d)

Watersheds are areas of (land-surface water) that are drained by streams.
a) land
b) surface water
c)
d)

16 Watersheds are separated by (tributaries-divides).
a) divides
b) tributaries
c)
d)

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