The Force of Moving Water

Question 1

A river’s ____ is the sediment and other deposits picked up as a result of abrasion.

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load

Question 2

A fast flowing river can carry very little sediment.

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F

Question 3

What type of energy is involved when a river moves sediment and erodes its banks?

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kinetic energy

Question 4

How would a fast-flowing river be most likely to move sand-sized particles of sediment?

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It would lift them and carry them downstream.

Question 5

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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kinetic

Question 6

What happens as gravity pulls water down a slope?

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Potential energy changes to kinetic energy.

Question 7

What causes most sediment to wash or fall into a river?

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mass movement and runoff

Question 8

Water at the top of a slope has potential energy.

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T

Question 9

The volume of water that moves past a point on a river in a given time is called the river’s

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flow.

Question 10

As a river’s slope increases, the power of the river to cause erosion usually decreases.

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F

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