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WorksheetsRivers and Landforms!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
What landform is this?
delta
canyon
V - shaped valley
sand dune
What is solution?
Water dissolving soluble minerals from bed and banks
Water forced into cracks in the banks
Wear other rocks away
Make water look cloudy or muddy
What is hydraulic action?
Rocks and stones act like sandpaper
Heavier material is carried along the bed
Water is forced into cracks in the bank. Eventually, it breaks up
None of the above
What is hydraulic action?
Rocks and stones act like sandpaper
Heavier material is carried along the bed
Water is forced into cracks in the bank. Eventually, it breaks up
None of the above
What is abrasion?
Rocks, stones and sand scrape away the bed and banks
Knock bits of rock off each other
Helps to break them up
None of the above
What is attrition?
Bang and knock off bits of rock out of each other
Smaller stones that bounce along.
Make water look cloudy and muddy
None of the above
What is bedload?
Heavier material carried along the bottom
Dissolved material that stays in water
When a floodplain forms
At the source of the river
What is suspension?
Small particles of dust that makes water look cloudy or muddy
When a meander is formed
When an oxbow lake is formed
When the river reaches the sea
