Geography Rivers Revision Quiz

What is a drainage Basin?

• the area drained by a river and all of its tributaries

• the beginning or start of a river

• the point where the river comes to an end

• when a waterfall recedes upstream leaving a gorge

Freeze Thaw weathering is an example of _______ weathering

What does C-CASH stand for?

• Cavitation, Collation, Attention, Suction, Hydrological cycle

• Corrosion, Suspension, Traction, Deposition

• Cavitation, Corrasion, Attrition, Solution Hydraulic Action

• Corrasion, Abrasion, Saltation, Homeostasis

Where is water-flow in a river the fastest?

• Upper Course

• Middle course

• Lower course

Look at the Image, what course is the river in?

• Lower

• Middle

• Upper

Which river landforms would you find in the Upper course of a river?

• Waterfalls, Gorges, V-shaped valleys, Potholes

• Ox Bow lakes, Meanders, Deltas, Mudflats

• Glaciers, Meanders, Hot springs, Estuaries

• Waterfalls, Flood plains, confluences, Levees

Select three of the following processes that take place in the Upper course of a river

• Erosion

• Traction

• Suspension

• Deposition

Erosion occurs on the _____ of a meander and Deposition occurs on the ____ of a meander

• Inside, Outside

• Inside, Down side

• Outside, Inside

• Outside, Upwards

What has been formed in this image?

• A horse shoe

• An ox-bow lake

• An Ox-Hook lake

• An Ox-curve lake

Choose the right order of events:

• 1) Layer of Hard Rock over soft rock, 2)Turbulent water erodes soft rock faster, undercutting hard rock 3)Overhang of hard rock and Plunge pool form 4) Overhang Collapses 5) Cycle repeats and waterfall retreats upstream

• 1) Plunge pool forms 2) Hard Rock overlies Soft Rock 3) A gorge is formed 4)Turbulent water erodes soft rock

• 1) the weather wizard waves his wand and zaps the hard rock so that a waterfall will form

• 1) Hard Rock overlies soft rock and turbulent waters erode hard rock faster 2) Overhang of soft rock forms 3) Overhang collapses 4) Waterfall retreats upstream