User’s Questions about Running Water and Coastlines
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1 point)
Which one of the following statements is true?
Options for the first question are:
The Mississippi’s gradient is higher than that of the Atchafalaya.
The Atchafalaya River’s capacity exceeds that of the Mississippi.
Sediment is being deposited at the mouth of the AtchafalayaThe Atchafalaya River’s discharge exceeds that of the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi has a greater gradient than the Atchafalaya.2. (1 point)
Moving downstream from a stream’s headwaters to its mouth, in general:Options for the second question:
There is no change in gradient or velocity.
Both the gradient and the velocity fall.As the gradient grows, so does the velocity.
Both the gradient and the velocity grow.The gradient falls while the velocity rises.
3. (1 point)
Which of the following characteristics would you not expect to see on a well-formed floodplain in a river’s transport zone?
Options for the third question are:
bars of point
channels in the form of a v
Lakes in oxbowBanks will be cut.
meanders
4. (1 point)
Which of the following isn’t caused by longshore drift:Options for the fourth question are:
bars in PlymouthSand is moving parallel to the shoreline down the beach.
islands that act as a barrier
jetties
spits5th Query (1 point)
Which of the following scenarios is more likely if you lived in a house near a river and a dam was built downstream from your house?Options for the fifth question are:
Outside your home, the gradient of the stream will rise.
The mud deposited by the river will bury your home.Your house will fall into the river when the bank of the stream channel erodes.
Outside your house, the river’s velocity will rise.
Your house is going to sink into a chasm.6th Query (1 point)
Which of the following stream channel types are most likely to be found on a steeply sloping segment of a stream?
Options for the sixth question:
a passage for oxbow
a waterway with a narrow v-shapea canal made up of braids
a decentralized systema sluggish stream
7th Query (1 point)
What could be the cause of a submerged coastline?Options for the seventh question:
As the environment cools, more water freezes in glaciers, causing sea levels to fall.a change in tides from spring to neap
As a result of climate change and glacier melting, sea levels are rising.
Sea cliffs are a product of continental uplift along the coast.
Erosion rates on a continent have increased, causing rivers to carry more silt to the sea.
No. 8: (1 point)
A stream’s overall amount of sediment is known as , and the largest size particle delivered by a stream is known as .
Option number eight for question eight:
weight on the bed, suspended load
competence, capability
ability, competence
load on the bed, load in the air
Dissolved load and bedload are two terms that are used interchangeably in the industry#9 (1 point)
A stream with a cross-sectional area of 20 m2 and a velocity of 2 m/sec discharges like follows:Optional responses for question 9:
m 2222 cubic meters per second
42 cubic meters per second
40 cubic meters per secondm 40
Number ten (1 point)
Which of the following would most likely happen if the Old River Control Structure’s steep ridges failed?
Optional responses to question 10:
The Atchafalaya’s discharge would be totally absorbed by the Mississippi.Massive floods would obliterate Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
It would be impossible in Louisiana to generate hydroelectric energy in the future.
The sediment would fully fill the Atchafalaya’s waterway.
The Mississippi’s discharge would be entirely captured by the Atchafalaya.11th Query (1 point)
The majority of Louisiana’s cities and towns are built on the highest possible terrain along the Mississippi River. On what types of landforms are these communities built?Optional responses to question 11:
Lakes in oxbow
yazoo swamps are a type of wetland that is found in the Mississippi River
bluffs
Levees of nature
deltas inhabited by birds12th Query (1 point)
You’ve just bought a beach house on a lovely beachfront property. However, after a few months, you’ve noticed that your lovely sandy beach has narrowed by ten meters from when you first bought the property. What’s the most likely cause of your beach sand disappearance?Answers to Question 12:
sinkholesdrifting out to sea
force Coriolis
forming a tidal delta
neap tides are the tides that occur when the earth is at its lowest point13th Query (1 point)
You decide to build a groin out into the water in a desperate attempt to preserve your beach. Which of the following events is most likely to follow?Options for Question 13 are:
since her beach is fast crumbling, your neighbor files a lawsuit against you
The foundation of your beach house starts to crumble and break.
On your land, a new river channel emerges.
On your beach, there are no longer any tidal variations.
Your beach’s wave heights are substantially lower.14th Query (1 point)
Which of the following is a result of the lower Mississippi River’s man-made levees?Optional responses for Question 14:
Mississippi’s gradient is lowering.
The Mississippi River’s gradient is becoming more pronounced.
The Atchafalaya River’s length is growing longer.
The Mississippi River’s length is getting shorter.
The Atchafalaya River’s gradient is becoming more pronounced.15th Query (1 point)
The majority of the US Pacific coast is marked by:Optional responses for Question 15:
relief is low
bay mouth bars and spits
Sea arches and wave-cut platformsLagoons and barrier islands.
traits of a submerged coast
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User’s Questions about Running Water and Coastlines