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Rivers

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where would you find a waterfall?
a)
Upper course
b)
Middle Course
c)
Lower Course
2.
What landform can you see in the picture?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Delta
c)
Waterfall
d)
Oxbow lake
3.
"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?
a)
Attrition
b)
Abrasion
c)
Solution
d)
Hydraulic Action
4.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
5.

A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.

a)

source

b)

triutaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

6.

________________ are streams that flow together to make a river.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

7.

The place where the river pours (THROWS UP) into the ocean or large lake is called the ___________.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

8.
What is the name of the point where a river starts?
a)
 Source
b)
 Point A
c)
 Heart
d)
Opening 
9.
What the name of an area of highland surrounding a river basin?
a)
A. Watershed
b)
 B. Discharge  
10.
What is the name of the point where two rivers meet
a)
Connection
b)
Confluence
c)
Merging
d)
Tributary
11.
How can I prevent flooding from happening again and save are town ?
a)
Move out
b)
flood defences
c)
use sandbags
d)
clean gutters
12.
What is the name of the Longest Rivers in the World
a)
Amazon
b)
Nile
c)
Parana
d)
Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock
13.
Waterfalls often form in the upper stages of a river where it flows over different bands of rock. What type of rock dose it erod
a)
Hard
b)
Soft