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- 1. Multiple Choice
An aquifer
is a rock layer that cannot hold water
is a rock layer that can hold water
is impermeable
is a soil layer that is not porous
- 2. Multiple Choice
A confluence
is another name for a levee
is the land between two rivers
is the meeting of two rivers
is the source of a river
- 3. Multiple Choice
The water table ...
is the crust water in the rainy season
is the ground water
is the upper-most level of the ground water
is the ability of the ground to hold water
- 4. Multiple Choice
The dry season water table...
will be above the wet season water table
will be below the wet season water table
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is a river mouth?
The place where a river starts
Where the river flows into the sea
Where two river channels meet
The land next to the river channel
- 6. Multiple Choice
The picture illustrates a ....
watershed
river source
main channel of a river
wetland
- 7. Multiple Choice
Sheet flow can be described as...
run off the occurs in layers
run off the occurs in streams
- 8. Multiple Choice
Infiltration will occur more quickly when ...
the ground is saturated
the gradient is gentle
the is sparse vegetation
the rainfall is heavy
- 9. Multiple Choice
Run off is more likely to occur when ...
the ground is unsaturated
the gradient is gentle
the is sparse vegetation
the rainfall is gentle
- 10. Multiple Choice
The red line in the picture represents
the river mouth
the confluence
the watershed
- 11. Multiple Choice
A flood caused by geological phenomena is a ...
man-made flood
natural flood
- 12. Multiple Choice
The amount of water passing a point in a river in a certain period of time is called ...
base flow
discharge
permanent flow
- 13. Multiple Choice
This hydrograph represents a ...
periodic river in Gauteng
permanent river in south Western Cape
periodic river in a winter rainfall area
permanent river in a summer rainfall area
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