Rivers Home Learning Lesson 1 and 2

Which word best describes the start of a river?

• Source

• Mouth

• Estuary

• Tributary

What is a drainage basin?

• The area of land drained by a river and it’s tributaries.

• The dividing line between one river basin and the next

• The flat land beside the river, which may flood when the river overflows

• Where the river flows into a lake, or the sea

How does the long profile of a river change from source to mouth?

• It starts off on high land and curves down to sea level

• It starts off low and gently slopes down to sea level

• It starts off high and doesn't change height much

• It goes up and down as it goes from source to mouth

Which statement best describes the upper course of a river?

• An area of high, steep land

• An area of low, gently sloping land

• An area of land which the river meanders through

• An area of steep land which is close to sea level

The river bank is...

• Each side of the river channel

• The bottom of the river channel

• Where rivers go to exchange money

• The land either side of the river channel

Solution, hydraulic action, abrasion and attrition are all types of...

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

Different types of transportation are...

• Solution, suspension and bedload

• Solution, abrasion, attrition and bedload

• Suspension, bedload and hydraulic action

• Bedload, solution and deposition

What is deposition?

• When material is dropped

• When material is moved

• When material is worn away

• When material is made smaller

Which processes mainly take place in the middle course of a river?

• Both erosion and deposition

• Just erosion

• Just deposition

• Just transportation

How would you describe the river valley in the upper course?

• The river erodes downwards and the result is a V-shaped valley

• The banks are eroded and the channel gets wider

• The channel is wide and very deep and holds a lot more water

• There is a large floodplain in this valley