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Complete Rivers

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What landform can you see in this picture?

a)

Waterfall

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Meander

d)

Ox-bow lake

2.

When soluble particles are dissolved into the river it is called:

a)

Hydraulic Action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

3.

Traction refers to the way in which material in the river's load are bounced along the riverbed

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Name where the river starts

a)

source

b)

trubutary

c)

mouth

d)

delta

5.

Which Process involves small pebbles and stones being bounced along the river bed?

a)

Solution

b)

Traction

c)

Saltation

d)

none of the above

6.

What is the edge of the river basin called?

a)

waterside

b)

waterway

c)

watershed

d)

water

7.

Which process involves large boulders and rocks being rolled along the river bed?

a)

Saltation

b)

Traction

c)

Suspension

d)

Solution

8.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

U shaped valley

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Floodplain

d)

Waterfall

9.

River -------------------- is the longest river in Ireland

(a)  

10.

Which landform can be seen in the photo?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Estuary

c)

Inter-locking Spur

d)

Meander

11.

What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?

a)

Plunge bath

b)

Mermaids retreat

c)

Plunge pool

d)

Pool

12.

What is the land next to the river called and how would you describe it?

a)

Floodplain, steep land next to the river.

b)

Floodplain, flat land next to the river.

c)

Floodplain, flat land away from the river.

d)

Floodplain, flat land on top of the river.

13.

Name the two processes that mainly help form waterfalls?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Solution

c)

Silting

d)

Hydraulic Action

14.

The point where a smaller river joins a larger river is called a ...

a)

Tributary

b)

Congruence

c)

Confluence

d)

Convergence

15.

The route of the river

a)

Estuary

b)

Confluence

c)

Basin

d)

Course

16.

What is the area where the river meets the sea called?

a)

Watershed

b)

Confluence

c)

Tributary

d)

Mouth

17.

People settled near rivers because...

a)

Water

b)

food

c)

defence

d)

All of the above

18.

Fishing, Swimming, Cruising are all examples of river

a)
Tourism
b)

Transport

c)

flooding

d)

pollution

19.

The small streams that join a river to the sea through a delta are called

(a)  

20.

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a hydro-electric power station

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What drainage pattern is this?

a)

Deranged

b)

trellised

c)

dendritic

d)

radial

22.

What drainage pattern is this?

a)

Deranged

b)

trellised

c)

dendritic

d)

radial

23.

What drainage pattern is this?

a)

Deranged

b)

trellised

c)

dendritic

d)

radial

24.

What drainage pattern is this?

a)

Deranged

b)

trellised

c)

dendritic

d)

radial