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Rivers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Confluence

a)

a point where two or more rivers meet

b)

a small river that joins the main river

c)

The main river within a drainage basin

2.

Entire area drained by a river and its tributaries

a)

watershed

b)

confluence

c)

drainage basin

3.

a high-lying area separating two or more drainage basins

a)

Drainage basin

b)

confluence

c)

watershed

4.

The origin of a river

a)

source

b)

mouth

c)

delta

5.

A branch of the main river

a)

confluence

b)

tributary

c)

drainage basin

6.

the lowest level to which a river can erode

a)

source

b)

mouth

c)

tributary

7.

section of a river from the source to the mouth

a)

long profile

b)

cross profile

c)

drainage basin

8.

section of the river from one bank to another

a)

Long profile of the river

b)

cross profile of the river

c)

drainage basin

9.

Which one is an input into a drainage basin

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

transpiration

10.

Which ones are flows within a drainage basin

a)

percolation, inflitration, stem flow, through flow, leaf drip, through flow, ground water flow, channel flow

b)

Interception

ground water stores

surface storage

c)

evaporation

transpiration

11.

Which one is not a characteristic of the upper course of the river?

a)

V-shape valley

b)

low volume of water

c)

gentle gradient

12.

Which landform does not form in the upper course of the river?

a)

flood plain

b)

waterfall

c)

inter-locking spurs

13.

Rock particles knock and bump against each other and they get smoother and rounder

a)

Hydraulic actiion

b)

Attrition

c)

Abrasion

14.

Large boulders are rolled on the river bed

a)

saltation

b)

traction

c)

suspension

15.

finer particles float on the surface of the river

a)

suspension

b)

traction

c)

saltation

16.

Meanders are created when the river enters a gentle gradient and the river starts to swing from a pool to a riffle

a)

True

b)

False

17.

One of the dangers of living on a floodplain is flooding

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which one is not a hard engineering method that is used to prevent flooding

a)

Dams

b)

re-forestation

c)

embankments

19.

Channel straightening is a soft engineering method that is used to prevent flooding

a)

True

b)

False

20.

An oxbow lake is formed when the loop of a meander is cut off during a flood

a)

True

b)

False