Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
26 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
What are tributaries?
bends in the river
wide areas of water near the mouth
where the river reaches the sea
small streams or rivers that run into the main channel
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which one of these river processes is the movement of material that is dissolved in water?
traction
suspension
saltation
solution
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which one of these processes is the movement of material that is carried within the water flow?
traction
suspension
saltation
solution
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which one of these processes is the movement of particles 'leap frogging' along the river bed?
traction
suspension
saltation
solution
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which one of these processes is the rolling of stones along the river bed?
solution
saltation
suspension
traction
- 6. Multiple Choice
The sheer force of water and air forcing itself into the soil and moving away parts of the land and banks of the river is called....
hydraulic action
corrosion
abrasion
attrition
- 7. Multiple Choice
What happens when smaller material rubs against the bed and banks of the river?
attrition
corrosion
abrasion
hydraulic action
- 8. Multiple Choice
Attrition occurs when...
particles of load collide and knock pieces off each other
smaller material rubs against the bed and banks of the river
acid in the water dissolves particles of rock from the bed and banks of the river
the sheer force of the water and air forcing itself into the soil
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is carried downstream by a river?
boulders
rocks
silt
load
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSome particles are eroded by being dissolved in the weak acids of water.CorrosionAbrasionAttritionHydraulic Action
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSome particles are dissolved by the river and transported. What is this process called?TractionSaltationSuspensionSolution
- 12. Multiple ChoiceParticles in a river will get bigger as we move downstream.TrueFalse
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich method of transportation is 'bouncing' medium sized particles along the river bed?TractionSaltationSuspensionSolution
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThis type of erosion occurs when the rocks being carried by the river scrape away the bed and banks.AbrasionHydraulic ActionAttritionCorrosion
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis type of erosion occurs when the rocks being carried by the river scrape away the bed and banks.AbrasionHydraulic ActionAttritionCorrosion
- 16. Multiple ChoiceSmall particles which are carried in the water is what type of transportation?TractionSolutionSuspensionSaltation
- 17. Multiple Choice
The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?
Upper
Middle
Lower
- 18. Multiple Choice
What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?
erosion, attrition and abrasion
erosion, transportation and deposition
erosion, transportation and solution
erosion, attrition and corrosion
- 19. Multiple Choice
Where does deposition mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
- 20. Multiple Choice
Where does erosion mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
- 21. Multiple Choice
Where does transportation mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
- 22. Multiple Choice
Name this river feature
Ox-bow lake
Meander
Delta
Waterfall and Gorge
- 23. Multiple Choice
Name this river feature
Delta
Waterfall and Gorge
Ox-bow Lake
Meander
- 24. Multiple Choice
Name this river feature
Waterfall and Gorge
Meander
Ox-Bow Lake
Delta
- 25. Multiple Choice
Name where the river starts
source
trubutary
mouth
delta
- 26. Multiple Choice
How many ways is the load transported in the river?
3
4
2
1
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags