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WorksheetsRivers
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of river has fast waters that are cool with a V-shaped channel?
a)
Old
b)
Young
c)
Mature
2.
A river that is U-shaped and moves at a medium velocity is considered to be:_______________?
a)
Old
b)
Young
c)
Mature
3.
What type of river moves slow, has a wide flood plain, oxbow lakes, and has a broad U shape.
a)
Young
b)
Old
c)
Mature
4.
Which river has a steep slope?
a)
Young
b)
Old
c)
Mature
5.
Which river is relatively flat and has a wide floodplain?
a)
Young
b)
Old
c)
Mature
6.
Which river has a gentle slope?
a)
Young
b)
Old
c)
Mature
7.
Which type of river contains rapids and waterfalls?
a)
Young
b)
Old
c)
Mature
8.
What is the feature that forms when meanders come together and leave a U-shaped formation behind?
a)
Oxbow Lake
b)
Salt Lake
c)
U-form
d)
Horseshoe ridge
9.
In a meander (curve), where you can expect to have sediment deposited?
a)
Inside the curve
b)
Outside the curve
10.
A smaller stream or river that feeds into a main river.
a)
tributary
b)
rill
c)
gully
d)
run-off
11.
A landform created by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river.
a)
delta
b)
gully
c)
meander
12.
Number 2
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Ohio
c)
Colorado
d)
Hudson
13.
What river is this?
a)
Colorado
b)
Ohio
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Mississippi
14.
Number 4
a)
Hudson
b)
Mississippi
c)
Ohio
d)
Colorado
15.
Number 1
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Hudson
c)
Mississippi
d)
Colorado
16.
Number 3
a)
Hudson
b)
Colorado
c)
Mississippi
d)
Rio Grande
17.
Number 5
a)
Hudson
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Colorado
d)
Ohio
18.
Which river is the largest and runs through the middle of the United States?
a)
Hudson
b)
Ohio
c)
Colorado
d)
Missississippi
19.
What is the name of the point where a river starts?
a)
Source or headwaters
b)
Mouth
c)
Delta
d)
Tribuatary
20.
What is the name of the point where a river ends?
a)
Tributary
b)
Water Shed
c)
Confluence
d)
Mouth
21.
The name of the land that drains into a river system
a)
Watershed
b)
Discharge
c)
Mountain
d)
Wetland
22.
A river which flows into another river is called a:
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary
c)
Watershed
d)
Drainage Basin
23.
Which section of a river usually has the steepest surface ?
a)
Lower course
b)
Middle course
c)
Upper course
d)
None of the above
24.
What shape is a river valley in the upper course?
a)
W-shaped
b)
U-shaped
c)
V-shaped
d)
D-shaped
25.
How many stages are there in a river?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
26.
Identify 3 features to identify the old stage of a a river.
a)
A. waterfalls, V-shaped channel, large boulders
b)
meanders, medium velocity water movement, U-shaped river channel
c)
C. flood plain, meander, delta
27.
The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a
a)
water table
b)
source
c)
delta
d)
watershed
28.
The point at which a river enters the ocean is also known as...
a)
The source/headwaters
b)
Drainage basin
c)
The end
d)
The mouth
29.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
30.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
31.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
32.
What is it called when water is changed from a liquid to a gas?
a)
EVAPORATION
b)
PRECIPITATION
c)
TRANSPIRATION
33.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
34.
Water vapor in the air turns into clouds or dew in a process called _____________.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Runoff
d)
Precipitation
35.
The process of water droplets turning into water vapor and rising is called _____________.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Runoff
d)
Precipitation
36.
Which part of the water cycle is step 2 showing?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Runoff
c)
Condensation
d)
Sun
37.
Which part of the water cycle is step 4 showing?
a)
Condesation
b)
Runoff
c)
Evaporation
d)
Precipitation
38.
Most of Earth's water is _____ and contained in _____.
a)
Saltwater; Ocean
b)
Fresh; Rivers
c)
Fresh; Lakes
d)
Fresh; Glaciers
39.
Sediment in a river or stream that can be seen as clouds floating around is known as...
a)
suspended load
b)
dissolved load
c)
bed load
40.
What is the name of a the fan-shaped deposit that forms as a river enters into a larger body of water?
a)
Alluvial Fan
b)
Suspended Load
c)
Delta
d)
Bed Load
41.
What process of the water cycle is increased in urban areas due to all the concrete and asphalt?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Runoff
c)
Evaporation
d)
Infiltration
42.
What is the name of a the fan-shaped deposit that forms as a river pours out into a steep valley?
a)
Alluvial Fan
b)
Suspended Load
c)
Delta
d)
Bed Load
43.
Which of the following is not a type of river classification?
a)
Young
b)
Old
c)
Mature
d)
Adult
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