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Rivers Y7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When water heats up and turns to water vapour, it is called what?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

2.

What is another word for rainfall, snow, sleet, and hail beginning with P

(a)  

3.

What is infiltration?

a)

When water runs over the surface.

b)

When water soaks through soils and rocks.

c)

When it rains.

4.

If a rock doesn't let water soak through it, it is _______________?

a)

Permeable

b)

Impermeable

5.

What is the longest river in the world?

(a)  

6.

How wide is the Mississippi River?

(a)  

7.

Which 3 of these are types of river erosion?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Attrition

c)

Transpiration

d)

Abrasion

8.

How many courses of a river are there?

(a)  

9.

What is an area of land that is drained by one river called?

a)

Drainage basin

b)

Meander

c)

Watershed

d)

Wash basin

10.

What shape valley do rivers create?

a)

U-shaped

b)

W-shaped

c)

R-shaped

d)

V-shaped

11.

How many people died in the 2009 Cumbria floods?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

5

d)

178

12.

What is this landform?

a)

Oxbow lake

b)

Waterfall

c)

Meander

13.

What is this landform?

a)

Oxbow lake

b)

Waterfall

c)

Meander

14.

What is this landform?

a)

Oxbow lake

b)

Waterfall

c)

Meander

15.

What is the longest river in Asia?

(a)