Mock Exam Revision ~1

Which feature is found in the middle course of the river?

• meander

• v-shaped valley

Which of these is an example of a Large-scale Water Management Scheme?

• Sand Dams in Kenya

• Lesotho Highland Water Project

• Pleasley reservoir

• Mist nets in the Atacama

Choose 2 examples of hard engineering schemes on the coast?

• Beach renourishment

• Sea wall

• Rock revetment

• Sand dune stabilising

What are food miles?

• The size of the fields that crops are grown in

• The distance travelled by aeroplanes between countries

• The distance food travels from where it is grown to where it is sold

What happens to the long profile of the river?

• It gets flatter/decreases

• It gets higher/increases

If a coastline is discordant it means...

• The rock type is the same along the coastline

• There will be different rock types along the coastline

Which feature is formed by lateral erosion by the river?

• V shaped valley

• Waterfall

• Meander

• Levee

Choose ALL the human causes of flooding from the list

• Impermeable slate

• Heavy rainfall

• Building houses

• Deforestation in the drainage basin

Attrition means...

• When water is forced into gaps between rocks under high pressure breaking it apart

• When sand or pebbles are thrown against a rock surface wearing it down

• When two rocks hit against each other getting smaller and smoother over time

• Small amounts of acid dissolved in the water

A river channel will get _________ as it flows from source to mouth