What Best Describes the Basic Role of Streams in the Earth

question 14

Multiple Choice

What best describes the basic role of streams in the Earth system?

• A) drain water from the landscape and transport sediment
• B) transport sediment and create valuable gold deposits
• C) link the atmosphere to the oceans in the hydrologic cycle
• D) help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
• E) provide water to the interior of continents

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Definitions:

Symmetric

Describes a shape or distribution that is mirrored evenly around its central point.

Central Location

A statistical term referring to the center or typical value of a distribution, often measured by the mean, median, or mode.

Ordinal

Relating to an order or sequence; typically referring to data that can be ranked but the intervals between values are not uniform.

Negatively Skewed

Describes a distribution of data where the tail on the left side of the distribution is longer or fatter, indicating that the bulk of the values are concentrated on the right.