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FLUVIAL PROCESSES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHICH ONE IS NOT A FLUVIAL PROCESS

a)

EROSION

b)

DEPOSITION

c)

LONG PROFILE

d)

TRANSPORTATION

2.

EROSION IS THE ....

a)

TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

b)

BREAK DOWN AND TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

c)

LAYING DOWN OF SEDIMENTS

3.

TRANSPORTATION IS THE

a)

LAYING DOWN OF SEDIMENTS

b)

BREAK DOWN AND TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

c)

MOVEMENT OF ERODED SEDIMENTS

4.

WHICH IS NOT AN EROSIONAL PROCESS?

a)

ATTITION

b)

HYDRAULIC ACTION

c)

ABRASION

d)

SUSPENSION

5.

ABRASION IS THE ....

a)

SCRAPING AND SCOURING ACTION OF A RIVER

b)

PEBBLES KNOCK AGAINST EACH OTHER

c)

WEAK ACIDS DISSOLVE CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS

6.

TRACTION IS THE ....

a)

ROLLING OF LARGE BOULDERS ON THE RIVER BED

b)

BOUNCING OF LARGER PARTICLES ON THE RIVER BED

c)

SMALL PARTICLES FLOAT ON THE SURFACE OF THE RIVER

7.

ATTRITION IS A PROCESS WHERE ....

a)

PEBBLES SCRAP ON THE BED OF THE RIVER

b)

PEBBLES KNOCK AGAINST EACH OTHER

c)

LIMESTONE IS DISSOLVED IN THE RIVER

8.

WHICH FACTOR DOES NOT CAUSE A RIVER TO DEPOSIT ITS LOAD?

a)

FLOODING

b)

SHALLOW WATER IN A MEANDER

c)

RIVER IS FLOWING RAPIDLY

9.

RIVER COMPETENCE IS THE

a)

MAXIMUM LOAD THAT A RIVER CAN CARRY

b)

MINIMUM LOAD THAT A RIVER CAN CARRY

c)

THE TOTAL VOLUME OF SEDIMENT A RIVER CAN CARRY

10.

THE LONG PROFILE OF A RIVER IS

a)

MIDDLE COURSE OF THE RIVER

b)

A CROSS- SECTION OF A RIVER FROM ONE BANK TO ANOTHER

c)

SECTION OF A RIVER FROM THE SOURCE TO THE MOUTH