WorksheetsRiver processes - Upper course 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?
Upper
Middle
Lower
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
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
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.
The area of land DRAINED by a river system is called the _____________
drainage basin
mouth
tributaries
source
Which landform can be seen in the photo?
Waterfall
Estuary
Inter-locking Spur
Meander
What are the steps of a v-shaped valley?
Weathering, eroding down, slope transport, v-shaped valley
slope transport, weathering, eroding down, v-shaped valley
Eroding down, weathering, slope transport, v-shaped valley
weathering, slope transport, eroding down, v-shaped valley.
Pick the correct order
Transportation, weathering, deposition, erosion
weathering, erosion, transportation, deposition
Erosion, transportaion, depositon, weathering
stream "walls" by louis tomlinson
The area of land DRAINED by a river system is called the _____________
drainage basin
mouth
tributaries
source
Pick the correct order
Transportation, weathering, deposition, erosion
weathering, erosion, transportation, deposition
Erosion, transportaion, depositon, weathering
stream "walls" by louis tomlinson
What type of weathering is most likely to happen here?
Chemical
Onion skin
Freeze-thaw
Biological
What is weathering?
The movement of sediment
The breaking of sediment
The dropping of sediment
What is erosion?
The movement of sediment
The breaking of sediment
The dropping of sediment
