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WorksheetsErosion and upper course features
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What types of erosion cause the undercutting of a waterfall?
Abrasion and hydraulic action
Abrasion and attrition
Attrition and hydraulic action
Corrosion and Attrition Corrosion and Attrition
The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.
Watershed
Source
Confluence
Tributary
What are tributaries?
bends in the river
wide areas of water near the mouth
where the river reaches the sea
small streams or rivers that run into the main channel
The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?
Upper
Middle
Lower
What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?
erosion, attrition and abrasion
erosion, transportation and deposition
erosion, transportation and solution
erosion, attrition and corrosion
Where does deposition mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Where does erosion mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
For a waterfall to form there needs to be two layers of rock. Which way round must they be?
Soft rock on top of hard rock
Hard rock on top of soft rock
Waterfalls are landforms created by....
Erosion
Deposition
The waterfall retreats (moves back) upstream towards the rivers source over thousands of years leaving behind a steep sided (a)
At the base of the waterfall what forms?
Plunge Pool
Overhang
Stream
Abrasion
The river undercuts the hard rock, creating an overhang.
True
False
This landform is a -
Canyon formed by water.
V shaped valley formed by water.
U shaped valley formed by ice.
U shaped valley formed by water.
Where is vertical erosion the most dominant along the long profile of a river?
Upper course
Middle course
Lower course
"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?
Attrition
Abrasion
Solution
Hydraulic Action
Beneath itself, a waterfall forms a ......
Swimming pool
Shower pool
Plunge pool
Dead pool
What is this a picture of?
Flood plain
Meander
Levée
V-shaped valley
