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Streamflow Chapter: Key Concepts & Quiz

1. The document summarizes a chapter on streamflow that includes definitions of key terms like streamflow, staff gage, current meter, hydrograph, and methods for measuring high streamflow. 2. It provides 20 multiple choice questions with answers that test understanding of concepts from the chapter like types of staff gages, units of measurement, streamflow recording devices, and methodologies for estimating high flows. 3. The questions are grouped according to the reporters who will present on the chapter material and include topics like flow measurement instrumentation, flow calculation methods, and hydrologic records.

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Streamflow Chapter: Key Concepts & Quiz

1. The document summarizes a chapter on streamflow that includes definitions of key terms like streamflow, staff gage, current meter, hydrograph, and methods for measuring high streamflow. 2. It provides 20 multiple choice questions with answers that test understanding of concepts from the chapter like types of staff gages, units of measurement, streamflow recording devices, and methodologies for estimating high flows. 3. The questions are grouped according to the reporters who will present on the chapter material and include topics like flow measurement instrumentation, flow calculation methods, and hydrologic records.

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Chapter 4: Streamflow

PPT and Video Report Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13wFRm6oRV-


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Quiz Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff8-


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Group 3 Reporters:

1. Norberto Rodriguez Jr.


2. Erika Joy Opalia
3. Christine Ira Espinoza
4. Conieca Kyle Mallare
5. Brian Corro

Questions (20 Items)

1. An alternative to sectional staff gage which is placed on the slope of the stream
bank.

Answer: Inclined Staff Gage

2. It is a gage used to measure the water-surface elevation from above the surface
such as from the bridge or similar structure.

Answer: Wire-weight Gage

3. It is also known as channel runoff, refers to the flow of water in natural


watercourses such as streams and rivers

Answer: Streamflow

4. The first ice to form in turbulent streams.

Answer: Frazil ice

5. 1 acre-foot is equivalent to _____ cu.ft

Answer: 43560 cu.ft

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6. It is an old unit used in the western United States.

Answer: Miner's inch

7. Give at least (2) two examples of a propeller type current meter with horizontal
axis.

Answer: Hoff meters, Haskell Meters, Ott Meters, Neyrpic ''dumas'' meters

8. What are the two main sources of streamflow in the United States?

Answer: Water supply Papers and Daily River Stages

9. It is a long ruler placed in a water body that is used to measure water surface
elevation.

Answer: Staff Gage

10. It has a chart wrapped around a drum which is rotated by the float while the pen
is driven at constant speed parallel to its axis.

Answer: Short-term Recorder

11. An instrument used to measure the velocity of flow of a fluid in stream.

Answer: Current Meter

12. This type of current meter is the most commonly used in the United States.

Answer: Price Meter

13. It is a low-tech device made of solely of a metal pipe, a wooden pole, and
crushed cork.

Answer: Crest Stage Gage

14. It is defined as a meeting point of two or more rivers.

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Answer: Confluence

15. Uniform flow can be described by ________________.

Answer: Manning's Equation

16. It is the most common method for indirect discharge calculations.

Answer: Slope-Area Method

17. It is a graph or plot that shows the rate of water flow in relation to time, given a
specific point or cross section.

Answer: Hydrograph

18. Are plotted by computing instantaneous flow values from the water-stage
recorder chart.

Answer: Flood Hydrographs

19. Are usually published in the form of mean daily flows.

Answer: Streamflow Data

20. Give at least (3) THREE methodologies used for High Flow Extrapolation.

Answer: Indirect determination of peak discharge, Conveyance-slope method, Area


comparison of peak runoff rates, Step backwater method, Flood routing

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