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Rivers from source to mouth

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the end of a river known as?

(a)  

2.

What is the start of a river known as?

(a)  

3.

What is a bend in the river known as?

(a)  

4.

What is an area of land drained by one river and it's tributaries known as?

(a)  

5.

Which way does a river flow?

a)

Source to mouth

b)

Mouth to source

6.

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

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

7.

A stream or river that joins the main river is:

a)

A tributary

b)

A confluence

c)

The mouth

d)

A Canyon

8.

Meanders are what type of feature?

a)

A steep bank

b)

Turbulent water

c)

Winding curve shapes

d)

A U shaped lake

9.
What river feature does this picture show?
a)
Oxbow Lake
b)
Meander
c)
Estuary
d)
Tributary
10.
What does this image show?
a)
Oxbow Lake
b)
Headwaters
c)
Runoff
d)

Estuary

11.
When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
transpiration
d)
runoff
12.
When water vapor s cooled and forms droplets-
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaportation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Run-off
13.
After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to the earth in different forms
a)
precipitation 
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation 
d)
ground water
14.
Forms of precipitation are-
a)
only sleet and snow
b)
rain, sleet, hail, and snow
c)
only dew and rain 
d)
only snow and rain
15.
The water cycle has no start or end
a)
true
b)
false
16.

A ………………………………. is the area of land drained by a river system ( a river and its tributaries).

a)

Watershed

b)

Drainage Basin

c)

Confluence

d)

Water table

17.

Drainage basins are separated by ………………………….

a)

Watersheds

b)

Water tables

c)

Walls

d)

Communities

18.

A river’s source is it’s ___________ point.

a)

ending

b)

starting

c)

middle

19.

The rivers flow downhill until they reach ____________.

a)

an ocean or a sea

b)

a waterfall

c)

a lake

20.

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

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

21.

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

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

22.
What is occurring at A in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
23.

The flat area beside a river that is covered in water during a flood event.

a)
delta
b)
V-shaped valley
c)
flood plain
d)
alluvial fan