Rivers Quiz

What is being show by this image?

• River processes
• Water cycle
• River cycle
• Cloud systems

Which of the below is the definition of evaporation?

• When the sun causes clouds to form
• When water is heated and turns into a gas
• When water vapour cools and turns into a liquid
• When moisture falls from the clouds to the ground

Which statement below best describes a drainage basin?

• An area of land around a river that contains lots of different streams
• An area of land that is drained by a river
• An area of land that is high up in the mountains with a spring
• An area of land that contains the mouth of the river

What is the very edge of a drainage basin called?

• Confluence
• River source
• Boundary
• Watershed

Which is the highest part of a river?

• The mouth
• The source
• A waterfall
• A tributary

What is the term for a smaller river that joins a larger river?

Which of the below is the definition of erosion?

• The movement of material from one place to another by the river
• The process of rock and other material being worn away by the river
• The process of rock and other material being dropped in a new location by the river
• The flow of water from the source of the river to the mouth

What process is being shown represented by the image below?

• Abrasion
• Attrition
• Solution
• Hydraulic action

What process is being shown represented by the image below?

• Abrasion
• Attrition
• Solution
• Hydraulic action

Which conditions lead to deposition occurring?

• When the river is fast flowing and powerful
• When the river loses energy and slows down
• When the river travels round the outside of a bend
• When the river is carrying too much other material