Science Chapter 11

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What is the term for a change in elevation?
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What is the preservation and wise use of natural resources called?
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What is the boundary that separates two water sheds by a change in elevation, and causes streams to flow in opposite directions?
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What is the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land and the oceans called?
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What is the process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transport soil and sediment from one location to another?
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What is the process in which material is laid down?
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What are the four types of rivers described in the book?
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The rock layer that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater is called an ______?
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What is the term for an area along a river that forms from seedments deposited when the river overflows its banks?
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What is the term the materials carried by a stream?
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What is the path that a stream follows called?
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What is fan-shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream called?
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What is a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream?
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What is the term for the area of land that is drained by a river system?
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What is the term for the upper surface of underground water?
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What is a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply?