Y10 Rivers Quiz LO1-LO4

Where does the river start?

• Mouth

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

What is the long profile?

• A line representing the river from its source to its mouth.

• A line from one river bank to another.

• The point where a river starts.

• An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

What are the characteristics of the upper course of a river?

• Wide, deep channel

• Shallow, narrow channel

• Wide, narrow channel

• Shallow, wide channel

What are the characteristics of the upper course of a river?

• Wide, deep channel

• Shallow, narrow channel

• Wide, narrow channel

• Shallow, wide channel

Select all the methods of transportation

• Suspension

• Solution

• Traction

• Saltation

• Desalinization

What is the river channel?

• The journey a river takes from its source to mouth. 

• An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

• The groove through which a river flows, made up of its banks and bed.

• The point where two rivers meet.

What is a drainage basin?

• An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

• The journey a river takes from source to mouth.

• The point where a river begins.

• The estuary

True or false? The discharge of a river increases along its course as tributaries join it adding more water.

• True

• False

Which of the following are types of fluvial erosion?

• Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and longshore drift.

• Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and suspension.

• Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and attrition.

• Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and traction.

What is hydraulic action?

• Boulders and stones wearing away the river banks and bed.

• Sediment particles knock against the bed or each other and become smaller and more rounded.

• Fast-flowing water hits the bed and banks and forces water and air into cracks in the bedrock. The repeated changes in air pressure cause the river bed to weaken. 

• Acidic water dissolves rocks such as chalk or limestone.