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Y10 Depositional landforms and River Tees

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is deposition?

a)

The wearing away of sediment

b)

The movement of sediment

c)

The dropping of sediment

d)

The breaking up of sediment

2.

Why does deposition occur?

a)

The water gains energy

b)

The water loses energy

c)

The energy levels stay the same

3.

What word should be written in the white box on the diagram?

a)

Floodplain

b)

Levee

c)

Estuary

d)

Meander

4.

Which landform is shown in this photograph?

a)

Floodplain

b)

Levee

c)

Estuary

d)

Meander

5.

Levees are made of...

a)

sediment sorted from the largest near the river and the smallest further away

b)

sediment sorted from the smallest near the river and the largest further away

6.

Floodplains can be caused by repeated flooding and which other landform?

a)

V-shaped valley

b)

Waterfall

c)

Meander

d)

Estuary

7.

What is the name of the source of the River Tees?

a)

Middlesborough

b)

Yarm

c)

Darlington

d)

Cross Fell

8.

What is the name of the waterfall found on the River Tees?

a)

High Force

b)

Great Force

c)

Big Force

d)

Tall Force

9.

Whinstone is an example of what at High Force?

a)

Soft, less resistant rock

b)

Hard, more resistant rock

10.

Meanders are found where along the River Tees?

a)

Middlesbrough

b)

Cross Fell

c)

Yarm

d)

High Force