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Year 4 - Geography - Rivers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the place that a river starts?

a)

Origin

b)

Beginning

c)

Source

d)

Opening

2.

A river meander is where the river does what?

a)

Tumbles

down some steep rocks

b)

Bends like a snake

c)

Opens out into a wide pool

d)

Joins another river

3.

Over thousands of years, rivers get wider and deeper. What is the name of this process?

a)

Collision

b)

Evaporation

c)

Eruption

d)

Erosion

4.

When the sun's energy heats the sea or ocean, water particles escape and rise up into the sky. What is this process called?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Transportation

d)

Evaporation

5.

Hot, moist air rises to meet cold air high in the atmosphere to form clouds. What is this process called?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Transporation

d)

Evaporation

6.

Water droplets in clouds become so large that gravity pulls them down to earth as rain or snow. What is this process called?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Transportation

d)

Evaporation

7.

Which country is most of the River Amazon in?

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Brazil

d)

Uraguay

8.

WHich country is the River Thames in?

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Scotland

d)

Wales

9.

What is the approximate length of the River Thames?

a)

1 mile

b)

10 miles

c)

200 miles

d)

4,000 miles

10.

What is the approximate length of the River Amazon?

a)

1 mile

b)

10 miles

c)

200 miles

d)

4,000 miles