Y10 Depositional landforms and River Tees

What is deposition?

• The wearing away of sediment

• The movement of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

• The breaking up of sediment

Why does deposition occur?

• The water gains energy

• The water loses energy

• The energy levels stay the same

What word should be written in the white box on the diagram?

• Floodplain

• Levee

• Estuary

• Meander

Which landform is shown in this photograph?

• Floodplain

• Levee

• Estuary

• Meander

Levees are made of...

• sediment sorted from the largest near the river and the smallest further away

• sediment sorted from the smallest near the river and the largest further away

Floodplains can be caused by repeated flooding and which other landform?

• V-shaped valley

• Waterfall

• Meander

• Estuary

What is the name of the source of the River Tees?

• Middlesborough

• Yarm

• Darlington

• Cross Fell

What is the name of the waterfall found on the River Tees?

• High Force

• Great Force

• Big Force

• Tall Force

Whinstone is an example of what at High Force?

• Soft, less resistant rock

• Hard, more resistant rock

Meanders are found where along the River Tees?

• Middlesbrough

• Cross Fell

• Yarm

• High Force