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WorksheetsKS3 Rivers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is erosion?
The wearing away of the landscape
The movement of sediment
The transport of sediment
The physical landscape
Where along the river are V Shaped Valleys found?
Lower Course
Upper Course
Middle Course
Mouth
What processes from a meander?
Transportation and Deposition
Weathering and Deposition
Mass Movement and Deposition
Erosion and Deposition
What is the river source?
The start of a river
The middle of a river
The end of a river
Ketchup and mustard
Which of the following is NOT a type of erosion...
Solution
Abrasion
Hydraulic Action
Saltation
Attrition is...
Rocks and pebbles bashing into each other
The force of compressed air
Water freezing in cracks in the rock
Boulders rolling along the river bed
Select the correct spelling...
Abraysion
Abrashion
Abrasion
Abrasian
Abrasion is...
Rocks scraping the river bed and banks like sandpaper
Rocks dissolving in acidic water
The bouncing of pebbles
Pebbles bashing together and getting smaller and rounder
Which of the following is NOT a UK river...
Tees
Severn
Trent
Volga
Waterfalls form when...
There is a layer of hard rock above soft rock
The river loses energy
The river deposits its load
There is only hard rock
Select the correct spelling...
Hydralic Action
Hydraulic Action
Hydrilic Action
Hydrolic Action
A delta is found...
In the upper course, near the source
In the lower course, near the source
In the lower course, near the mouth
In the middle course, near the meander
What process forms a V shaped valley?
Mass Movement
Deposition
Transportation
Erosion
What type of landform is a Levee?
Erosional
Depositional
Coastal
Man-made (human)
What happens to the rock on the sides of a V shaped Valley?
It retreats to form a gorge
It gradually flattens
It is broken down by weathering
It forms a slip off slope
