Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer:

1. A thundershower causes heavy rain to fall in a small region near the headwaters of a major river system. Describe the flow paths of that water as it returns to the atmosphere and ocean.
   What human structures might influence the flows?
   
   
   2. HOW is groundwater contamination different from surface water contamination? How do these differences affect efforts to reduce water pollution?
   
   
   3. Describe the importance of vegetation in controlling slope erosion.
   
   
   4. Describe two techniques for building responsibly on perma-frost and then predict the impact on the building when climate change melts the permafrost.
   
   
   5. Imagine that you are digging through the alluvial deposits of a stream that has dried up. What characteristics of the stream could you infer from knowing only the size and shape of the alluvium?
   
   
   6 . Compare erosional and depositional landforms. Sketch an example of each type.