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GEOLOGY – GEODE CD-ROM “SCULPTURING EARTH’S SURFACE”
1. HYDROLOGIC CYCLE:A view of earth from space is dominated by
_______ from the _________ and ____________ from the_______.
2. Venus is so hot, ______________ only occurs as ___________.
3. Of the water on earth, ________% is in the ___________,
4. Freshwater is ______% in glaciers, _______% in freshwater lakes and
5. ____% in groundwater. Only _______% is in the atmosphere.
6. Fill in blanks below
7. The unending circulation of Earth’s water is called the _____________.
or _______________________________.
8. More water evaporates from the ______________than from the _____
9. ____________________ returns liquid water to the surface.
10. __________________ is the process of water soaking in & seeping back
11. While beneath the surface, water may dissolve ____________ (actually
it is the minerals like calcite that make the stalactites shown)
12. Circle the correct
box for each.
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13. While water is locked up as glacial ice, it can move across the land as a
powerful ____________________ force.
14. Circle the correct answer below
15. Circle the correct answer below
16. Circle the correct answer below
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RUNNING WATER: STREAM CHARACTERISTICS
17. __________________ is the single most important erosional agent
18. and is significant in the origin of _________________ rocks.
19. The land area that contributes water to a stream is __________ _____
20. Drainage basins are separated by an imaginary line called a __________
21. What river has the larges drainage basin in the U.S.? _______________
22. How many square miles does it cover? ___________________
23. Are we included in its drainage basin? ______ (Hint:Find the Red River)
24. USE SLIDES 353-357 To Label each pattern below:
25. Several factors influence stream velocity:
a. _______________________ (refers to slope of stream)
b. _______________________
c. _______________________
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26. Circle
correct
answer
27. Circle
correct
answer
28. Discharge is the amount of _____________ flowing past a point over
a given unit of time.
29. Calculate the discharge of a river 30 m wide with an average depth of
1.5 m and an average velocity of 0.8 m/s. Discharge = _______ m3/s
30. The average discharge of the Amazon is ____ times that of the
31. Mississippi because its drainage basin is ________ and _________
32. Label the blanks & Circle
correct answer