Question 1 (5 points)
True or False: Out of the three types of Flows, Earth Flows are the fastest.
Question 1 options:
TrueFalse
Question 2 (5 points)
Of all the water storage on Earth, ____ hold 97.2% of the water.
Question 2 options:
surface lakes and streams
groundwater
biosphere
glaciers and ice sheets
oceans
Question 3 (5 points)
True or False: Hillslopes are the zone in a landscape where weathering and detachment allow materials to begin eroding from high elevations to low elevation.
Question 3 options:
TrueFalse
Question 5 (5 points)
True or False: Hillslopes are defined as sudden, abrupt changes in slope within a landscape that create vertical relief.
Question 5 options:
TrueFalse
Question 6 (5 points)
The strength of hydrogen bonds between water molecules allows water to have ______, which is why it forms droplets and does not stay flat.
Question 6 options:
condensation
precipitation
surface tension
viscosity
none of these are correct answers
Question 7 (5 points)
A _____ can be defined as the area drained by a stream and all of its tributaries.
Question 7 options:
an aquifer
an aquiclude
a drainage basin
a drainage divide
none of these are correct
Question 8 (5 points)
____ is defined as the connectedness of pore space between grains of soil or sediment. In other words, the pathways between grains of soil and sediment through which water can flow.
Question 8 options:
permeability
porosity
capillary water
gravity water
water table
Question 9 (5 points)
True or False: Of all the water on Earth, less than 1% of water is immediately accessible to consume.
Question 9 options:
TrueFalse
Question 10 (5 points)
Which of the following is NOT a typical drainage pattern within a drainage basin?
Question 10 options:
dendritic
trellis
radial
rectangular
spiral
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