Upper Course River Features

Upper Course River Features

6th - 9th Grade

18 Qs

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Upper Course River Features

Upper Course River Features

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Waterfalls often form in the upper stages of a river where it flows over different bands of rock. What type of rock dose it erod

Hard
Soft

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The long profile of a river is divided into 3 parts: the upper course, the middle course and the lower course.

True
False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As a waterfall retreats upstream, it creates a feature called:

gorge

v shaped valley

interlocking spur

river cliff

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What types of erosion cause the undercutting of a waterfall?

Abrasion and hydraulic action

Abrasion and attrition

Attrition and hydraulic action

Corrosion and Attrition Corrosion and Attrition

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

Watershed

Source

Confluence

Tributary

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?

Upper

Middle

Lower

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?

erosion, attrition and abrasion

erosion, transportation and deposition

erosion, transportation and solution

erosion, attrition and corrosion

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