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Rivers

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT a method of transportation?
a)
Abrasion
b)
Saltation
c)
Traction
d)
Suspension
2.
Where would you find a waterfall?
a)
Upper course
b)
Middle Course
c)
Lower Course
3.
What landform can you see in the picture?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Delta
c)
Waterfall
d)
Oxbow lake
4.
"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?
a)
Attrition
b)
Abrasion
c)
Solution
d)
Hydraulic Action
5.
"This is where plants, trees, or buildings collect the precipitation" What am I?
a)
Interception
b)
Infiltration
c)
Percolation
d)
Surface runoff
6.
"I am a smaller river joining a larger river" What am I?
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary 
c)
Drainage Basin
d)
Watershed
7.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
8.

What is the edge of the river basin called?

a)

waterside

b)

waterway

c)

watershed

d)

water

9.

Name where the river starts

a)

source

b)

trubutary

c)

mouth

d)

delta

10.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

The Nile River

b)

The mouth

c)

The Indus River

11.

What is the world's second longest river that runs through the rain forest?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Congo River

c)

South Pole River

12.

Which of these is the last course of a river

a)

Starter

b)

Lower

c)

Middle

d)

Upper

13.
The high ground around a river where rain seldom falls is called the ...
a)
Mountains
b)
Watershed
c)
Drainage Basin
d)
Valley
14.
There are four main types of erosion for rivers. Which answer is correct.
a)
Hydraulic Action, Attrition, Rubbing, Silting
b)
Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Deposition, Solution
c)
Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Silting, Solution
d)
Hydraulic Action, Solution, Abrasion, Attrition
15.
Attrition is when ..
a)
large rocks smash against each other.
b)
small rocks rub against each other.
c)
sand and other fine particles float.
d)
water flows into the rocks.
16.
Deposition is when ...
a)
Objects are moved along the river.
b)
Objects are dropped along the river.
c)
Objects are suspended in the water.
d)
Objects are move into the ocean.
17.
What is the name of the point where a river ends?
a)
Tributary
b)
Water Shed
c)
Confluence
d)
Mouth 
18.
How is River Flooding Cause
a)
Impermeable Rock
b)
Heavy Rainfall
c)
Dry Soil
d)
No Protection
19.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
20.
The start of a river is called the what?
a)
River summit
b)
River source
c)
River start
d)
River mouth
21.

A waterfall is created when there are ...

a)

layers of hard and soft rock

b)

many bends in the river

c)

high levels of deforestation

d)

lots of deposition

22.

A meander is best described as ...

a)

A straight section of the river.

b)

The place where rivers meet the sea.

c)

A section of the river that joins another river.

d)

A winding section of a river.

23.

Erosion occurs on the _________ bend of meanders.

a)

outer

b)

inner

c)

lateral

d)

vertical

24.

A gorge is formed by...

a)

a waterfall retreating

b)

a meander moving

c)

a levee forming

d)

a flood occurring

25.

What do we call any type of water falling from the sky?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Infiltration

c)

Surface run-off

d)

Evaporation

26.

There are ____________ stages of a river

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

27.

The following are parts of a drainage basin EXCEPT one

a)

rain

b)

confluence

c)

tributaries

d)

meander

28.

Which of the following features is found at the upper course of a river

a)

Gorge

b)

Meander

c)

Levees

d)

Delta

29.

Which of the following is not a source of a river?

a)

rain

b)

ocean

c)

lakes

d)

springs

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