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Geography Test 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

FLOODING

b)

SHALLOW WATER IN A MEANDER

c)

RIVER IS FLOWING RAPIDLY

2.

ABRASION IS THE ....

a)

SCRAPING AND SCOURING ACTION OF A RIVER

b)

PEBBLES KNOCK AGAINST EACH OTHER

c)

WEAK ACIDS DISSOLVE CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS

3.

WHICH IS NOT AN EROSIONAL PROCESS?

a)

Attrition

b)

HYDRAULIC ACTION

c)

ABRASION

d)

SUSPENSION

4.

TRANSPORTATION IS THE

a)

LAYING DOWN OF SEDIMENTS

b)

BREAK DOWN AND TRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTS

c)

MOVEMENT OF ERODED SEDIMENTS

5.

Which of these is a process of river erosion?

a)

Hydraulic Action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Solution

d)

All of the above

6.

Vertical, Lateral and Headward are types of erosion in a river channel

a)

True

b)

False

7.

WHICH ONE IS NOT A FLUVIAL PROCESS

a)

EROSION

b)

DEPOSITION

c)

LONG PROFILE

d)

TRANSPORTATION

8.

Slow process that carries away or moves sediment

a)

Landform

b)

Weathering

c)

Agent

d)

Erosion

9.

Slowly made from the processes of weathering, erosion, or deposition

a)

Landform

b)

Erosion

c)

Agent

d)

Canyon

10.
Name the smallest continent
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe