Lesson 5.2
5.2 Drainage basin systems Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 7
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The 20 questions
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What type of system is a drainage basin?
- Isolated system
- Closed system
- Static system
- Open system
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Which of these is an input to a drainage basin system?
- Throughflow
- Precipitation
- Evapotranspiration
- Channel flow
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Which process is an output from a drainage basin system?
- Evapotranspiration
- Infiltration
- Throughflow
- Percolation
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What term describes water moving laterally through soil towards a channel?
- Groundwater flow
- Stemflow
- Throughflow
- Overland flow
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Which flow describes water moving downward through the soil and rock below the root zone?
- Direct runoff
- Interception
- Percolation
- Throughflow
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Which physical property determines how rapidly water infiltrates soil?
- Soil permeability
- Channel gradient
- Stream order
- Basin shape
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Which factor provides the primary input of water into a drainage basin?
- Stemflow
- Throughflow
- Precipitation
- Evapotranspiration
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How does deforestation affect surface runoff within a drainage basin?
- Increases surface runoff
- Prevents surface runoff
- Has no effect
- Decreases surface runoff
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Which human structure creates an artificial surface water store in a drainage basin?
- Reservoir
- Levee
- Aquifer
- Drainage ditch
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What is a direct consequence of over-abstracting groundwater from an aquifer?
- Lowered water table
- Increased interception
- Higher baseflow
- Increased infiltration
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Which land-use change creates impermeable surfaces that increase surface runoff?
- Urbanisation
- Contour ploughing
- Afforestation
- Pastoral farming
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Deforestation in Amazonia is studied as a major human disruption to which cycle?
- Ocean current cycle
- Carbonate rock cycle
- Atmospheric cell cycle
- Drainage basin cycle
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Which process is directly increased by dense vegetation cover in a catchment?
- Direct precipitation
- Interception
- Surface runoff
- Channel flow
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Within the global hydrological cycle, what type of subsystem is a drainage basin?
- Static subsystem
- Open subsystem
- Isolated subsystem
- Closed subsystem
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Why do two catchments with identical rainfall often have different discharge rates?
- Equal vegetation
- Differing geology
- Same latitude
- Identical slope
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How does extensive surface sealing in an urban catchment affect lag time?
- Increases lag time
- Decreases lag time
- Doubles lag time
- Has no effect
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Which human activity directly increases surface runoff by reducing infiltration in a drainage basin?
- Afforestation
- Terracing
- Reforestation
- Deforestation
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Why does deforesting a drainage basin lead to increased river flooding?
- Slower surface runoff
- Higher evapotranspiration
- Increased infiltration
- Reduced interception
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What term describes water flowing over the land surface when rainfall exceeds infiltration capacity?
- Overland flow
- Percolation
- Baseflow
- Throughflow
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Which output from a drainage basin returns water to the atmosphere from both soils and plants?
- Evapotranspiration
- Throughflow
- Percolation
- Interception only
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