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Year 7 Rivers - Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This image would often be found in which section of a river valley?

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

2.

A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.

a)

source

b)

triutaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

3.

The place where the river end in the sea or large lake is called the ___________.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

4.

The Rhine and Danube Rivers are located on the continent of Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

5.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
6.

What landform can you see in this picture?

a)

Waterfall

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Meander

d)

Ox-bow lake

7.

What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?

a)

Plunge bath

b)

Mermaids retreat

c)

Plunge pool

d)

Pool

8.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

Meanders

b)

Rapids

c)

Estuary

d)

V shaped valleys

9.

Transpiration is a two part process associated with...

a)

plants and frogs.

b)

trees and animals.

c)

water and ice.

d)

trees, plants and grasses.

10.

The process of water moving in to the soil is known as...

a)

precipitation.

b)

infiltration.

c)

run off.

d)

aquifers.

11.

Which of these are not a process of the water cycle?

a)

Lake

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Transpiration

12.

What does evaporation mean?

a)

When water moves from liquid to gas

b)

When water moves from gas to liquid

c)

When water flows over the ground

d)

When water seeps into the soil from the surface

13.

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.

14.

What does surface run-off mean?

a)

When water moves from liquid to gas

b)

When water moves from gas to liquid

c)

When water flows over the ground

d)

When water seeps into the soil from the surface

15.

Which of these are types of precipitation?

a)

Rain

b)

Snow

c)

Sleet

d)

All of the above

16.
Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.
a)
cools
b)
heats up
c)
freezes
d)
lights up
17.

What are oxbow lakes?

a)

Moon shaped lakes that have become separated from a meander over time

b)

Lakes that are created when a river floods and the water cannot return to the river

c)

Large man made lakes created through building a dam

18.

Which type of erosion is about material scraping at each other?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Hydraulic Action

d)

Solution

19.

Select the 2 options below that are human causes of flooding

a)

Urbanisation (building up areas into towns and cities)

b)

The soil is saturated (full up with water)

c)

There has been heavy rainfall

d)

Deforestation (cutting down trees)

20.

Which of the following is NOT a UK river...

a)

Tees

b)

Severn

c)

Trent

d)

Volga