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Rivers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the bend on a river called?

a)

Ox bow lake

b)

Meander

c)

Good fishing spot

2.

When rocks erode and cut into the bottom of the river its called....

a)

Solution

b)

Attrition

c)

Abrasion

3.

When water moved eroded particles in the water its called...

a)

Solution

b)

Abrasion

c)

Attrition

4.

Freeze thaw occurs when...

a)

Waves break on the coast

b)

River freezes over

c)

When water freezes and expands the rock and it erodes.

5.

When freeze-thaw occurs the ice can expand up to...

a)

6%

b)

10%

c)

9%

6.

When the sea erodes through a cave its called...

a)

Cave

b)

Cracks

c)

Sea wall

d)

Arch

7.

When an arch erodes away it forms a...

a)

River

b)

Stack

c)

Head land

d)

Spit

8.

When a river and currents deposit eroded materials along the coast near the river mouth over time it forms a...

a)

Stack

b)

Cliff

c)

Spit

d)

Bar

9.

What helps protects the coast from erosion?

a)

Sea wall

b)

Cliffs

c)

Boats

10.

When two rivers collide its called...

a)

Tributary

b)

Conflusion

c)

Meander

d)

Weathering