EES Test Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Graded A+

EES Test Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Graded A+ What is the energy source for the water cycle? - -The Sun What is evaporation? - -Water heating into vapor because of the sun What is Precipitation? - -Matter(liquid or solid) coming from the clouds(saturated) What is Condensing? - -Change from a gas into a liquid What is Transpiration? - -Evaporation from a plant What is runoff? - -The water from precipitation running off from the surface to oceans, lakes and rivers What is infiltration? - -The surface water seeping into the soil to help fuel the plants What is percolation? - -The leftover water from the surface going into the ground water What is sublimation? - -The snow from the mountain heating into clouds What is Vapor transport? - -Water as a gas moving from one place to another What is a river system? - -A river and all of it's tributaries What is a tributary? - -A stream that runs into another stream or river What is a Drainage Basin? - -All the land that drains into the river either directly or through tributaries What is a Headwaters/Source? - -The beginning of the river What is the mouth? - -The end of the river. What is the Velocity? - -Distance that water travels in a given amount of time(relates to energy that the water has, erosion occurs more quickly, other characteristics affect the velocity) What is a Gradient? - -Steepness of the slope of a stream or river(steep at its source What is Discharge? - -The amount of water that passes a certain point in a given amount of time(not constant over the length of a river, increases downstream as tributaries add more water) What is a base level? - -Lowest point to which a stream can erode it's channel(Usually the level at which the mouth of a stream enters the ocean or the next body of water.) What is a channel? - -The path through which the water flows in a stream or river(shallow, winding stream with many boulders has contact with surface area that causes it to slow down via friction, velocity would be greater in a straight channel) What is erosion by rivers? - -Running water wears down Earth's surface by breaking up bedrock and by removing eroded rock and soil materials(breaks up materials by mechanical means) What is deposition? - -The process by which materials are deposited, occurs because a river or stream may not have enough energy to further transport them. What is a pothole? - -Deep oval or circular basins formed when water in a river develops small whirlpools and materials grind potholes into the rock What is a plunge pool? - -A basin that has been worn away at the base of a waterfall by the action of falling water What does chemical weathering do? - -It dissolves soluble materials such as calcite, and it widens existing cracks and holes What are the two types of stream valleys? - -Narrow valleys/V-shaped: Has rapids and waterfalls but eventually becomes U-Shaped Wide valleys: Less downward erosion, more energy is directed side to side