Rivers: Fluvial Processes and Landforms

What are the three main processes in the water cycle?

• Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
• Tornado, hurricane, and earthquake
• Sunrise, sunset, and twilight
• Boiling, freezing, and melting

What is percolation?

The place where a river begins is called...

• middle
• end
• source
• start

What is the name of the point at which a river meets another river?

• Intersection
• Tributary

• Junction
• Confluence

A river erodes in all of the following ways except:

• oxidation

• solution

• attrition

• hydraulic action

What is a drainage basin?

• A type of kitchen sink
• A large body of water
• A type of mountain range
• An area of land where all the surface water converges to a single point

What river feature is associated with bands of hard and soft rock?

• Waterfall
• Delta
• Geyser
• Rapids

At what part of the river can waterfalls be found?

• River delta
• Upper reaches
• Lower reaches
• Middle reaches

How does an ox-bow lake form?

• By volcanic eruption
• By meteor impact
• By earthquake shifting the land
• By the cut-off of a meandering river

What is a floodplain?

• A city with a lot of tall buildings
• A flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
• A desert with no vegetation
• A mountainous area with no water nearby