WorksheetsYouthful River Landforms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
Attrition is when ..
large rocks smash against each other.
small rocks rub against the river bed.
sand and other fine particles float.
water flows into the rocks.
This method of erosion is when the force of water breaks the river bed and banks.
Attrition
Abrasion
Solution
Hydraulic Action
This method of erosion is when some particles are dissolved in the weak acids of water.
Solution
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic Action
What landform can you see in this picture?
Waterfall
V Shaped Valley
Meander
Ox-bow lake
Art what stage of the river do waterfalls form?
Youthful stage
Mature stage
Old stage
Every stage
Waterfalls are landforms created by....
Erosion
Deposition
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
The soft rock below the hard rock is eroded away by abrasion and hydraulic action forming an __________ of hard rock.
Deadman's drop
Hole
Erosional gap
Overhang
What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?
Plunge bath
Mermaids retreat
Plunge pool
Pool
Over time the overhang becomes too long. It is unsupported and so eventually (a) into the plunge pool
This landform is a -
Canyon.
V-shaped valley.
U-shaped valley.
At what stage of a river are V-shaped valleys formed?
Youthful stage
Mature stage
Old stage
___________ breaks up and loosens rock and soil on the sides of the valley.
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Magic
This weathered material moves downslope by _______________ and is transported away by the river.
deposition
mass movement
magic
erosion
The river is cutting downwards due to ______________.
Vertical erosion
Horizontal erosion
Magic
Name the landform
Interlocking spurs
Rapids
U Shaped valley
Meander
When the river meets hard rock it can't erode it, so it ....
winds and bends around it
jumps and dodges over it
powers through
gives up
