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IGCSE Rivers Revision

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is NOT a method of transportation?
a)
Abrasion
b)
Saltation
c)
Traction
d)
Suspension
2.
Where would you find a waterfall?
a)
Upper course
b)
Middle Course
c)
Lower Course
3.
What landform can you see in the picture?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Delta
c)
Waterfall
d)
Oxbow lake
4.
"Rocks rolled along the river bed" is what type of transportation?
a)
Saltation
b)
Suspension
c)
Traction
d)
Solution
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.
"This is where plants, trees, or buildings collect the precipitation" What am I?
a)
Interception
b)
Infiltration
c)
Percolation
d)
Surface runoff
7.
"Where the water filters into the ground and into the tiny pores in the soil" What am I?
a)
Infiltration
b)
Percolation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Interception
8.
"I am the movement of water sideways through the soil" What am I?
a)
Throughflow
b)
Rock flow
c)
Soil flow
d)
Groundwater flow
9.
"I am a smaller river joining a larger river" What am I?
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary 
c)
Drainage Basin
d)
Watershed
10.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
11.
What is the name of the point where a river starts?
a)
 Source
b)
 Point A
c)
 Heart
d)
Opening 
12.
What is the name of the point where a river ends?
a)
Tributary
b)
Water Shed
c)
Confluence
d)
Mouth 
13.
What is the name of the point where two rivers meet
a)
Connection
b)
Confluence
c)
Merging
d)
Tributary
14.
which of the following are examples of soft river engineering
a)
A. Dredging and flood relief channels
b)
B. Dams and levees
c)
C. River restoration and land use zoning
15.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
16.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
17.
A river which flows into another river is called a:
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary
c)
Watershed
d)
Drainage Basin
18.
Which of the following features are not formed by river deposition?
a)
Levee  
b)
Gorge
c)
Delta
19.

Which of the following is a river landform found in the lower course?

a)

Delta

b)

Waterfall

c)

Meander

d)

V-shaped valley

20.

Which type of erosion is when rocks knock in to each other, getting smaller and rounder as they move downstream?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic action

21.

In which section of the river do waterfalls form?

a)

Upper course

b)

Middle course

c)

Lower course

d)

Every course

22.

For a waterfall to form there needs to be two layers of rock. Which way round must they be?

a)

Soft rock on top of hard rock

b)

Hard rock on top of soft rock

23.

What is the name of the tallest waterfall in England, located on the River Tees, that you sketched last week?

a)

High Power

b)

High Water

c)

High Force

d)

High Fall

24.

Below are listed the 4 types of erosion. Which two are important in the formation of waterfalls?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Attrition

d)

Solution

25.

What is this man standing in?

a)

Undercut

b)

Overhang

c)

Plunge pool

d)

Gorge

26.

Over time the top rock sticks out over the bottom rock. It is unsupported and so eventually (a)   into the plunge pool

27.

Waterfalls are landforms created by....

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

28.

The waterfall retreats (moves back) upstream towards the rivers source over thousands of years leaving behind a steep sided (a)  

29.

Which of the following is NOT a famous waterfall?

a)

Niagra Falls

b)

Angel Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Wey Falls

30.

Waterfalls are a major (a)   attraction.

31.
What are three things that rivers do naturally?
a)
a.erode, transport, and deposit
b)
b. dissolve, precipitate, sublime
c)
c. evaporate, percolate, infiltrate
d)
d.none of these
32.
What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
33.
Which of the following is the key term that describes the point at which a small river enters another river
a)
Tributary
b)
Watershed
c)
Source
d)
Confluence
34.
A small stream or river feeding into the main river is known as...
a)
Confluence
b)
Source
c)
Tributary
d)
Mouth
35.
What is the name of the point where a river starts?
a)
 Source
b)
 Point A
c)
 Heart
d)
Opening 
36.
The hydrologic cycle is a conceptual model that describes the storage and movement of water between the biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and the hydrosphere. 
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Hydrology is the scientific study of water. 
a)
True
b)
False
38.
An area of new land at the mouth of a river.
a)
Sand Dune
b)
Delta
c)
Fault
d)
Glacier
39.
 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
40.
Where do deltas form?
a)
Desert Areas
b)
At river mouths
c)
On the Banks of Rivers
d)
In Valleys Formed by Glaciers
41.
Why are the rocks and pebbles found in riverbeds usually smooth?
a)
The rocks are very old.
b)
Animals in the river keep rubbing against the rocks.
c)
Rivers only flow where rocks are smooth.
d)
The rocks are worn smooth by rubbing against other rocks.
42.
An oxbow lake is an old
a)
meander bend
b)
floodplain
c)
terrace
d)
channel bed
43.
Stream discharge is a function of the channel's width, depth, and 
a)
length
b)
velocity
c)
sediment size
d)
slope
44.
Flash floods are more common in rural, highly vegetated areas than in urban areas. 
a)
True
b)
False
45.
The more impervious surfaces in an area increases the chances of flash flooding.
a)
True
b)
False

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