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Rivers at work

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When soluble particles are dissolved into the river it is called:

a)

Hydraulic Action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

2.

Which process involves large boulders and rocks being rolled along the river bed?

a)

Saltation

b)

Bedload

c)

Suspension

d)

Solution

3.

Tiny visible particles such as silt are usually transported:

a)

in solution

b)

by saltation

c)

by traction

d)

in suspension

4.

The load of the river is all the materials carried by the water

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Name where the river starts

a)

tributary

b)

mouth

c)

source

d)

delta

6.

Which is NOT a method of transportation?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Saltation

c)

Traction

d)

Suspension

7.

Where would you find a waterfall?

a)

Upper course

b)

Middle Course

c)

Lower Course

8.

"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?

a)

Attrition

b)

Abrasion

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic Action

9.

"I am the movement of water sideways through the soil" What am I?

a)

Surface runoff

b)

Rock flow

c)

Soil flow

d)

Groundwater flow

10.

I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?

a)

Levee

b)

Floodplain

c)

Delta

d)

Meander

11.

Deposition is a process that

a)

Dissolves sediment

b)

Breaks down rock to form sediment

c)

Removes sediment from land forms

d)

Drops sediment to form landforms

12.

Heavy Particles in water that are transported along the bed by rolling, sliding or hopping.

a)

Solution

b)

Suspension

c)

Bedload

d)

Attrition

13.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

U shaped valley

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Floodplain

d)

Waterfall

14.

"I am the movement of water on the Earth's surface" What am I?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Ground water

c)

Surface runoff

d)

Throughflow

15.

Identify where erosion is the main process:

a)

Upper course

b)

middle course

c)

Lower course

16.

Identify where deposition is the main process:

a)

Upper course

b)

Middle course

c)

Lower course