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GEOGRAPHY FORM THREE 2021

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Erosion is

a)

the removal of rock and soil

b)

the wearing away of rock and soil

c)

the absence of rock and soil

2.

Small rivers are called all the following names except

a)

streams

b)

brooks

c)

springs

d)

creeks

3.

Underground rivers are called

a)

streams

b)

brooks

c)

springs

d)

creeks

4.

Which are types of rivers

a)

permanent rivers

b)

periodic rivers

c)

solution rivers

d)

episodic rivers

5.

Which are forms of river erosive processes

a)

hydraulic action

b)

corrosion

c)

attrition

d)

solution

6.

Which are types of river transportation processes

a)

traction

b)

saltation

c)

corrasion

d)

solution

7.

Label the long river profile, "A" represents the

a)

upper course

b)

middle course

c)

lower

8.

Label the long river profile, "B" represents the

a)

upper course

b)

middle course

c)

lower course

9.

Label the long river profile, "C" represents the

a)

upper course

b)

middle course

c)

lower course

10.

"Flat gradient, u-shaped valley and floodplains and deltas", these are characteristics of the

a)

upper course

b)

middle course

c)

lower course

11.

" steep gradients, v-shaped, waterfalls and rapids" these are characteristics of the

a)

upper course

b)

middle course

c)

lower course

12.

In the diagram of the waterfall "A" represents

a)

soft rock

b)

hard rock

c)

plunge pool

d)

retreat of the waterfall

13.

In the diagram of the waterfall, "B" represents

a)

soft rock

b)

hard rock

c)

plunge pool

d)

overhang

14.

in the diagram of the waterfall, "E" represents

a)

soft rock

b)

hard rock

c)

plunge pool

d)

overhang

15.

In the diagram of the waterfall, "C" represents

a)

soft rock

b)

hard rock

c)

plunge pool

d)

overhang

16.

A meander is

a)

the area around a river that is covered in times of flood

b)

a bend or zig-zag pattern along a river course

c)

land around the river mouth arches out into the sea

17.

An oxbow lake develops in the

a)

upper course

b)

middle course

c)

lower course

18.

On the inside bend of a meander material is

a)

deposited

b)

eroded

19.

On the outside bend of a meander material is

a)

deposited

b)

eroded

20.

A floodplain is an area around a river that is

a)

always covered with water

b)

covered with water in times of flood

c)

never covered with water