Year 4 - Geography - Rivers

What is the name of the place that a river starts?

• Origin

• Beginning

• Source

• Opening

A river meander is where the river does what?

• Tumbles

  down some steep rocks

• Bends like a snake

• Opens out into a wide pool

• Joins another river

Over thousands of years, rivers get wider and deeper. What is the name of this process?

• Collision

• Evaporation

• Eruption

• Erosion

When the sun's energy heats the sea or ocean, water particles escape and rise up into the sky. What is this process called?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transportation

• Evaporation

Hot, moist air rises to meet cold air high in the atmosphere to form clouds. What is this process called?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transporation

• Evaporation

Water droplets in clouds become so large that gravity pulls them down to earth as rain or snow. What is this process called?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transportation

• Evaporation

Which country is most of the River Amazon in?

• Argentina

• Chile

• Brazil

• Uraguay

WHich country is the River Thames in?

• England

• Ireland

• Scotland

• Wales

What is the approximate length of the River Thames?

• 1 mile

• 10 miles

• 200 miles

• 4,000 miles

What is the approximate length of the River Amazon?

• 1 mile

• 10 miles

• 200 miles

• 4,000 miles