KS3 rivers

What is evaporation?

• A type of drink

• When water turns into water vapour

• When water vapour turns into water

What is precipitation?

• Any form of solid falling from the sky

• Just rain falling from the sky

• Any form of water falling from the sky

Which of the following statements is true about waterfalls

• Gorge is found at the bottom of the river as it moves to the mouth of the river

• Gorge is a steep sided valley formed as the waterfall retreats towards the source of the river

• Gorge is the top layer of rock found at the waterfall

The fastest flow in the river is on the inside of a meander

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is true about waterfalls

• Soft rock erodes more quickly undercutting the hard rock

• Hard rock erodes more quickly undercutting the soft rock

• Soft rock erodes more quickly overcutting the hard rock

An oxbow lake is created when....

• the neck of the meander becomes bigger due to deposition

• the neck of the meander is eroded to form a huge pond

• the neck of the meander narrows and some of the river is cut off due to erosion