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True or False
Based on the information in the chapter, determine whether each of these statements is true or false.

This activity contains 11 questions.

Question 1
1 Water dislodges, dissolves, or removes surface material in the process known as deposition.
   
 
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Question 2
2 Alluvium is the general term for the clay, sand, and silt deposited by running water.
   
 
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Question 3
3 The United States and Canada are divided by several high drainage divides called continental divides.
   
 
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Question 4
4 The arrangement of stream channels is an area called the drainage pattern.
   
 
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Question 5
5 Parallel drainage patterns are associated with steep slopes.
   
 
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Question 6
6 The suspended load of a stream is held in solution.
   
 
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Question 7
7 Bed load consists of fine-grained material that is held aloft in a stream.
   
 
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Question 8
8 A maze of interconnected channels, formed in the presence of excess sediment, is called a meander.
   
 
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Question 9
9 The Mississippi River has a bird-foot delta.
   
 
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Question 10
10 The Columbia River lacks a delta because it is too wide to form one.
   
 
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Question 11
11 A 20-year flood would be expected to occur, on average, about 20 times per year.
   
 
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