River processes quiz

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GCSE Geography Test sobre River processes quiz, creado por MARINA POLITIS el 12/05/2014.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What conditions must be present for a delta to form at the mouth of a river?
Respuesta
  • slow current, strong tides, river carrying a lot of sediment
  • slow current, weak tides, river carrying a lot of sediment
  • strong current, weak currents , river carrying a lot of sediment

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
In what course of the river are V-shaped valleys present?
Respuesta
  • Upper course
  • Middle course
  • Lower course

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Where is the flow of water fastest in a meander?
Respuesta
  • The inside
  • The outside
  • The centre

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What are the river landforms present in the middle course of a river?
Respuesta
  • Lateral erosion and deposition helps create meanders, oxbow lakes, floodplains and levees
  • Vertical erosion causes V-shaped valleys, interlocking spurs, gorges and waterfalls.
  • Floodplains, levees and meanders.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What is a plunge pool?
Respuesta
  • A pool of water formed by excessive rainfall.
  • A pool formed when water erodes backwards into an area of soft rock as water and rock swirl around.
  • Holes in cliffs formed when rain erodes the landscape.

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Define interlocking spurs:
Respuesta
  • As the river erodes the landscape in the upper course, it winds and bends to avoid areas of hard rock. This creates interlocking spurs, which look a bit like the interlocking parts of a zip.
  • Small cliffs which the river cannot erode blocking the view up and down the valley. The cliffs serve as flood-protection.
  • Areas of impermeable soil which are distinctive within the landscape.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
When a river runs over alternating layers of hard and soft rock what is created?
Respuesta
  • Oxbow lake
  • Waterfall
  • V-shaped valley

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
What features are created when a river erodes laterally creating large sweeping bends in the river channel?
Respuesta
  • Levees
  • Meanders
  • Oxbow lakes

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
When alluvium (silt) builds up on the banks of a river, what are formed?
Respuesta
  • deltas
  • Slipe-off slopes
  • levees

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
How many courses are rivers divided into?
Respuesta
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
How many courses are rivers divided into?
Respuesta
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
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