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Yr 8 River Processes

Authored by Eloise Mashiter

Geography

7th Grade

Yr 8 River Processes
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the key words to their definitions

Mouth

Boundary between two drainage basin, normally on the top of a hill​

Tributary

Small rivers which lead into the main river channel​

Watershed

Where the river flows into the sea

Drainage Basin

The point at which a river starts. It is often just boggy land

Source

An area of land which a river drain

2.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 6 pts

Categorise the river features into the correct section of the river course

Groups:

(a) Upper Course

,

(b) Middle Course

,

(c) Lower Course

Widest, deepest channel

Meander

Wide, deeper channel

Waterfall

Steep, narrow channel

Floodplain and levee

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best definition of erosion?

The breaking down of rocks over time

The movement of rocks

Rocks being dropped by the water

The river flowing over rocks

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Match the types of erosion to their definitions

Hydraulic Action

Rocks drag along the walls and base of the channel smoothing the banks down

Solution

The pressure of the water itself gets into cracks in the bank and widens them until pieces of rock break away

Attrition

Rocks repeatedly knock into each other, which causes the rocks to erode or to break

Abrasion

Small particles from rocks dissolve in the water 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What landform can you see in this picture?

Waterfall

V Shaped Valley

Meander

Ox-bow lake

6.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Put these steps in order to explain the formation of a waterfall

A river flows over an area of hard and soft rock

The waterfall retreats to form a gorge

The soft rock is slowly eroded away forming an undercut and a plunge pool

The hard rock is overhanging and unsupported, it eventually falls into the plunge pool

The hard rock is not eroded, however the soft rock is eroded

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What landform can you see in the picture?

U shaped valley

V Shaped Valley

Floodplain

Waterfall

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