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Moor to Sea

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ________________ is the starting point of the river.

a)

source

b)

triutaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

2.
"I am a smaller river joining a larger river" What am I?
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary 
c)
Drainage Basin
d)
Watershed
3.
Where would you find a waterfall?
a)
Upper course
b)
Middle Course
c)
Lower Course
4.
What landform can you see in the picture?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Delta
c)
Waterfall
d)
Oxbow lake
5.
"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?
a)
Attrition
b)
Abrasion
c)
Solution
d)
Hydraulic Action
6.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
7.

The place where the river end in the sea or large lake is called the ___________.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

8.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

The Nile River

b)

The mouth

c)

The Indus River

9.
Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.
a)
cools
b)
heats up
c)
freezes
d)
lights up
10.
When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ___________ and changes back into liquid.
a)
cold
b)
hot
c)
warm
d)
solid
11.

What landform can you see in this picture?

a)

Waterfall

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Meander

d)

Ox-bow lake

12.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

Meanders

b)

Rapids

c)

Estuary

d)

V shaped valleys

13.

What is longshore drift?

a)

The movement of sediment down the beach.

b)

A pebble drifting slowly into the sea.

c)

When a beach is really long and people sleep on it.

14.

What is swash?

a)

Waves pulling material backwards into the sea.

b)

Waves pushing material forwards onto the shore.

c)

The movement of a wave sideways.

15.

What is backswash?

a)

Waves pulling material backwards into the sea.

b)

Waves pushing material forwards onto the shore.

c)

When your spit goes back into a drink.

16.

Do constructive waves build sediment up on a beach, or take sediment away?

a)

Build up

b)

Take away

17.

Do constructive waves build sediment up on a beach, or take sediment away?

a)

Build up

b)

Take away

18.

Do destructive waves build sediment up on a beach, or take sediment away?

a)

Build up

b)

Take away

19.

Identify this coastal landform.

a)

stack

b)

arch

c)

stump

d)

bay

20.

Identify this coastal landform.

a)

headland

b)

spit

c)

tombolo

d)

shore

21.

Identify this coastal landform.

a)

stack

b)

arch

c)

cliff

d)

spit

22.

Weathering is

a)

the movement of rocks

b)

the breaking down of rocks

c)

the falling of rocks

23.

Erosion is

a)

the falling of mud

b)

the breaking down of rocks

c)

the movement of rocks and soil

24.

One way water breaks down rocks is

a)

by filling up a lake.

b)

by repeatedly freezing and thawing in cracks.

c)

by washing away the shoreline

25.

Tree roots can break down rocks.

a)

True

b)

False