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Rivers and their features

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is erosion?

a)

When rock is worn down by wind, water or ice, in situ, or in its original position

b)

When rocky material is picked up by the river

c)

When rocky material being transported by the river is dumped

d)

When rocky material is moved from on place to another

2.

Which group of river features are associated with a river's Upper Course?

a)

V-shaped valleys, waterfalls, gorges, interlocking spurs

b)

Source, Ox-Bow Lakes, waterfalls, Gorges

c)

Waterfalls, V-shaped Valleys, Deltas, Floodplains

d)

Deltas, flood plains, meanders Ox-bow lakes

3.
What is this?
a)
Beach
b)
Gulf
c)
Volcano
d)
Mountain Range
4.
What is it?
a)
a lake
b)
a waterfall
c)
a river
5.
An area, often covered within sand, where there is very little rain
a)
a valley
b)
a waterfall
c)
a desert
6.
Approximately what percentage of Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
a)
40%
b)
50%
c)
60%
d)
70%
7.

Which part of a river is the upper course close to?

a)

Source

b)

Mouth

c)

Confluence

d)

Drainage Basin

8.

Which feature of the upper course is formed when a waterfall retreats upstream?

a)

Interlocking Spur

b)

Pothole

c)

Gorge

d)

Rapids

9.

Which feature of the upper course is an outcrop of the river valley that the river has to travel around?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Interlocking Spur

c)

Rapid

d)

Pothole

10.

Which feature is formed due to water flowing over an uneven river bed?

a)

Gorge

b)

Pothole

c)

Rapids

d)

Interlocking Spur

11.

Identify which part of the river you would find the mouth.

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

12.

Identify which part of the river you would find an estuary.

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

13.

Which way does a river flow?

a)

Source to mouth

b)

Mouth to source

14.

A stream or river that joins the main river is:

a)

A tributary

b)

A confluence

c)

The mouth

d)

A Canyon

15.

Meanders are what type of feature?

a)

A steep bank

b)

Turbulent water

c)

Winding curve shapes

d)

A U shaped lake

16.

In which course does the water travel the fastest?

a)

valley

b)

estuary

c)

meander

d)

waterfall

17.

Identify which part of the river you would find a delta.

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

18.

What river feature does this image show?

a)

Meander

b)

Oxbow Lake

c)

Tributary

d)

Headwaters

19.
What river feature does this picture show?
a)
Oxbow Lake
b)
Meander
c)
Estuary
d)
Tributary
20.
What does this image show?
a)
Oxbow Lake
b)
Headwaters
c)
Runoff
d)
Delta