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WorksheetsRivers at work
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
When soluble particles are dissolved into the river it is called:
Hydraulic Action
Abrasion
Saltation
Solution
Which process involves large boulders and rocks being rolled along the river bed?
Saltation
Bedload
Suspension
Solution
Tiny visible particles such as silt are usually transported:
in solution
by saltation
by traction
in suspension
The load of the river is all the materials carried by the water
True
False
Name where the river starts
tributary
mouth
source
delta
Which is NOT a method of transportation?
Abrasion
Saltation
Traction
Suspension
Where would you find a waterfall?
Upper course
Middle Course
Lower Course
"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?
Attrition
Abrasion
Solution
Hydraulic Action
"I am the movement of water sideways through the soil" What am I?
Surface runoff
Rock flow
Soil flow
Groundwater flow
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
Levee
Floodplain
Delta
Meander
Deposition is a process that
Dissolves sediment
Breaks down rock to form sediment
Removes sediment from land forms
Drops sediment to form landforms
Heavy Particles in water that are transported along the bed by rolling, sliding or hopping.
Solution
Suspension
Bedload
Attrition
What landform can you see in the picture?
U shaped valley
V Shaped Valley
Floodplain
Waterfall
"I am the movement of water on the Earth's surface" What am I?
Infiltration
Ground water
Surface runoff
Throughflow
Identify where erosion is the main process:
Upper course
middle course
Lower course
Identify where deposition is the main process:
Upper course
Middle course
Lower course
