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WorksheetsRivers vocabulary
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a river?
A stream that comes from an ocean
A moving body of water that flows from its source on high ground.
A moving body of water that flows from the sea.
What is erosion?
A breakfast cereal
When rock is carried downstream
Rock that has come away from a surface.
The process of water wearing away parts of the river bed and banks.
What is transportation?
The process of rivers flowing.
Where rivers come from.
When material is worn away from the river bank.
When material is carried downstream.
What is a source?
The end of the river.
The start of the river.
What we put on our chips.
Where is a river's source usually located?
Mountains.
Oceans.
Beaches.
True or false? A tributary is a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river.
True
False
True or false? The valley that a river flows through stays v-shaped all the way through the river's journey.
True
False
What shape is the valley of a river on lower ground?
U shaped
V shaped
What is a meander?
A type of animal
A type of rock
A curve that occurs as the river moves through flatter land.
A curve that occurs as the river moves through higher land.
