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WorksheetsYear 7 Rivers - Geography
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This image would often be found in which section of a river valley?
Upper
Middle
Lower
A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.
source
triutaries
mouth
drainage basin
The place where the river end in the sea or large lake is called the ___________.
source
tributaries
mouth
drainage basin
The Rhine and Danube Rivers are located on the continent of Europe.
True
False
What landform can you see in this picture?
Waterfall
V Shaped Valley
Meander
Ox-bow lake
What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?
Plunge bath
Mermaids retreat
Plunge pool
Pool
What landform can you see in the picture?
Meanders
Rapids
Estuary
V shaped valleys
Transpiration is a two part process associated with...
plants and frogs.
trees and animals.
water and ice.
trees, plants and grasses.
The process of water moving in to the soil is known as...
precipitation.
infiltration.
run off.
aquifers.
Which of these are not a process of the water cycle?
Lake
Precipitation
Condensation
Transpiration
What does evaporation mean?
When water moves from liquid to gas
When water moves from gas to liquid
When water flows over the ground
When water seeps into the soil from the surface
What is the land next to the river called and how would you describe it?
Floodplain, steep land next to the river.
Floodplain, flat land next to the river.
Floodplain, flat land away from the river.
Floodplain, flat land on top of the river.
What does surface run-off mean?
When water moves from liquid to gas
When water moves from gas to liquid
When water flows over the ground
When water seeps into the soil from the surface
Which of these are types of precipitation?
Rain
Snow
Sleet
All of the above
What are oxbow lakes?
Moon shaped lakes that have become separated from a meander over time
Lakes that are created when a river floods and the water cannot return to the river
Large man made lakes created through building a dam
Which type of erosion is about material scraping at each other?
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic Action
Solution
Select the 2 options below that are human causes of flooding
Urbanisation (building up areas into towns and cities)
The soil is saturated (full up with water)
There has been heavy rainfall
Deforestation (cutting down trees)
Which of the following is NOT a UK river...
Tees
Severn
Trent
Volga
