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WorksheetsRivers: Fluvial Processes and Landforms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the three main processes in the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
b)
Tornado, hurricane, and earthquake
c)
Sunrise, sunset, and twilight
d)
Boiling, freezing, and melting
2.
What is percolation?
(a)
3.
The place where a river begins is called...
a)
middle
b)
end
c)
source
d)
start
4.
What is the name of the point at which a river meets another river?
a)
Intersection
b)
Tributary
c)
Junction
d)
Confluence
5.
A river erodes in all of the following ways except:
a)
oxidation
b)
solution
c)
attrition
d)
hydraulic action
6.
What is a drainage basin?
a)
A type of kitchen sink
b)
A large body of water
c)
A type of mountain range
d)
An area of land where all the surface water converges to a single point
7.
What river feature is associated with bands of hard and soft rock?
a)
Waterfall
b)
Delta
c)
Geyser
d)
Rapids
8.
At what part of the river can waterfalls be found?
a)
River delta
b)
Upper reaches
c)
Lower reaches
d)
Middle reaches
9.
How does an ox-bow lake form?
a)
By volcanic eruption
b)
By meteor impact
c)
By earthquake shifting the land
d)
By the cut-off of a meandering river
10.
What is a floodplain?
a)
A city with a lot of tall buildings
b)
A flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
c)
A desert with no vegetation
d)
A mountainous area with no water nearby
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