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WorksheetsY10 Rivers Quiz LO1-LO4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where does the river start?
Mouth
Source
Confluence
Tributary
What is the long profile?
A line representing the river from its source to its mouth.
A line from one river bank to another.
The point where a river starts.
An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
What are the characteristics of the upper course of a river?
Wide, deep channel
Shallow, narrow channel
Wide, narrow channel
Shallow, wide channel
What are the characteristics of the upper course of a river?
Wide, deep channel
Shallow, narrow channel
Wide, narrow channel
Shallow, wide channel
Select all the methods of transportation
Suspension
Solution
Traction
Saltation
Desalinization
What is the river channel?
The journey a river takes from its source to mouth.
An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
The groove through which a river flows, made up of its banks and bed.
The point where two rivers meet.
What is a drainage basin?
An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
The journey a river takes from source to mouth.
The point where a river begins.
The estuary
True or false? The discharge of a river increases along its course as tributaries join it adding more water.
True
False
Which of the following are types of fluvial erosion?
Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and longshore drift.
Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and suspension.
Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and attrition.
Hydraulic action, abrasion, solution and traction.
What is hydraulic action?
Boulders and stones wearing away the river banks and bed.
Sediment particles knock against the bed or each other and become smaller and more rounded.
Fast-flowing water hits the bed and banks and forces water and air into cracks in the bedrock. The repeated changes in air pressure cause the river bed to weaken.
Acidic water dissolves rocks such as chalk or limestone.
What is attrition?
Boulders and stones wearing away the river banks and bed.
Sediment particles knock against the bed or each other and become smaller and more rounded.
Fast-flowing water hits the bed and banks and forces water and air into cracks in the bedrock. The repeated changes in air pressure cause the river bed to weaken.
Acidic water dissolves rocks such as chalk or limestone.
Where is lateral erosion the greatest?
Upper course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Which of these describes saltation transportation?
Pebbles rolling along the river bed.
Pebbles bouncing along the river bed.
Sediment carried within the river.
Dissolved minerals within the water.
Which of the following landforms are found in the upper course of a river?
Waterfalls, gorges and meanders.
Waterfalls, gorges and floodplain.
Waterfalls, gorges and u-shaped valleys.
Waterfalls, gorges and interlocking spurs.
Which processes of erosion form plunge pools at the foot of waterfalls?
Solution and hydraulic action
Abrasion and hydraulic action
Attrition and hydraulic action
Attrition and abrasion
What are interlocking spurs?
A pronounced bend in a river.
An embankment of sediment along the bank of river.
A series of ridges projecting out on alternate sides of a valley and around which a river winds its course.
A narrow, steep sided valley often formed when waterfalls retreat.
Where are slip-off slopes found at waterfalls?
Outside bend
At the source
In the oxbow lake
They are not found at waterfalls
How is a flood plain formed?
Vertical erosion
Erosion
Flooding
Meander Migration
The increase of urbanisation on floodplains increases the risk of flooding - true or false?
True
False
What happens to the size of sediment with distance from a levee?
It becomes larger
It becomes more angular
It becomes larger and more angular
It becomes smaller
