WorksheetsRiver
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
When rocks that are carried by the river scrape away the bed and banks it is called:
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
When soluble particles are dissolved into the river it is called:
Solution
Saltation
Corrasion
Attrition
Which process involves small pebbles and stones being bounced along the river bed?
Traction
Saltation
Solution
Attrition
Which of the following is NOT a type of river erosion?
Abrasion
Percolation
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Which of the following statements about deposition is NOT correct?
Deposition is more common at the source of the river
Deposition may occur when the river is shallow
Deposition may occur when the volume of water decreases
Deposition occur where the velocity of the river decreases
Erosion is vertical or downwards:
At the source of a river
At the mouth of a river
Throughout the entire river profile
At the mature stage
What is another term for surface run off?
Infiltration
Through flow
Overland flow
Sheet flow
Which landform is found in the upper course of a river?
Waterfall
Meander
Delta
Ox bow Lake
Where does most erosion occur in a meander bend?
On the inside of the bend
On the outside of the bend
On the slip-off slope
On the corner
What feature is formed when sediment cuts off the neck of a meander?
A river cliff
A slip-off slope
An ox-bow lake
Interlocking spurs
What is braiding?
Where a river splits
Where a smaller river joins a larger river
Where two rivers of a similar size join together
Where sediments are eroded
Label the diagram correctly
F- Floodplain
G-Braiding
H- Confluence
C- Source
B- Tributary
