WorksheetsRivers: Key Processes and Features
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is meant by 'Traction' ?
Transportation of sand and silt only
Transportation of soluble minerals
Transportation of rock without rock leaving the river bed
Transportation of small rocks
What do we mean by 'Hydraulic Action' ?
The name of a flooded river
The point where one river joins another
To bounce rocks alone
The power of the water to smash up rock
What do we mean by 'Suspension' ?
To prevent the river from flowing
Rock or mineral particles held in the water and who never touch the river bed
To hang something from the ceiling
To dissolve in the water
Vertical Erosion is when ...
When water flowing over a shallow gradient erodes the bed
When water flowing over a steep gradient erodes the banks
Water flowing over steep gradient erodes the bed.
When water flowing over a shallow gradient erodes the banks
What do we mean by 'Abrasion' ?
The break down of rocks, in situ, or in their original position
Rocks and sand rubbing against the bed and banks
Rocks bouncing along the river bed
Rocks being dropped along the route of the river
What is erosion?
When rock is worn down by wind, water or ice, in situ, or in its original position
When rocky material is picked up by the river
When rocky material being transported by the river is dumped
When rocky material is moved from on place to another
What is 'lateral erosion' ?
When water erodes the sides of a rock only
When water flowing over a steep gradient erodes the river's banks
When water flowing over a shallow gradient erodes the river banks only
When water flowing over a shallow gradient erodes the river's bed
Lateral erosion produces which kind of river feature?
Delta
Meander
V-shaped Valley
Waterfall
Waterfalls are associated with which other natural feature ?
Gorges
Ox-Bow Lakes
River Cliffs
Interlocking Spurs
Which group of river features are associated with a river's Upper Course?
V-shaped valleys, waterfalls, gorges, interlocking spurs
Source, Ox-Bow Lakes, waterfalls, Gorges
Waterfalls, V-shaped Valleys, Deltas, Floodplains
Deltas, flood plains, meanders Ox-bow lakes
