How do rivers shape the land?
In this lesson, we will be learning about how rivers shape the land. We will be learning about the four types of erosion, the four types of transportation and learning about what deposition is.
How do rivers shape the land?
In this lesson, we will be learning about how rivers shape the land. We will be learning about the four types of erosion, the four types of transportation and learning about what deposition is.
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- What the four types of erosion are
- What the four types of transportation are
- What deposition is
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12 Questions
Q1.
What is the source of a river?
Where the river ends its journey by joining an ocean, sea or large lake
Q2.
What is the mouth of a river?
Where the river starts its journey, usually in high places such as hills and mountains
Q3.
Why are rivers important? Tick two.
They make a place look nicer.
Q4.
In which continent is the Colorado River?
Africa
Europe
South America
Q5.
In which continent is the River Nile?
Europe
North America
South America
Q6.
In which continent is the Amazon River?
Africa
Europe
North America
Q7.
In which continent is the Volga River?
Africa
North America
South America
Q8.
Where is the mouth of the Volga River?
Andes Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Q9.
Where is the mouth of the River Nile?
Andes Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Caspian Sea
Q10.
Where is the source of the Amazon River (beginning)?
Atlantic Ocean
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Valdai Hills
Q11.
Where is the source of the Volga River (beginning)?
Andes Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Q12.
Which country in Africa does not have a river flowing through it?
Egypt
Ethiopia
Rwanda
Uganda
13 Questions
Q1.
What erosion process is similar to sandpapering?
attrition (rocks collide and break up)
hydraulic action (the force of the water breaks down the riverbed and banks)
solution (acids in the water dissolve the rock)
Q2.
What erosion process is similar to crashing?
abrasion (rocks wear away each other and the riverbed and the banks)
hydraulic action (the force of the water breaks down the riverbed and banks)
solution (acids in the water dissolve the rock)
Q3.
What erosion process is similar to chemical action?
abrasion (rocks wear away each other and the riverbed and the banks)
attrition (rocks collide and break up)
hydraulic action (the force of the water breaks down the riverbed and banks)
Q4.
What erosion process can be thought of as 'water power'?
abrasion (rocks wear away each other and the riverbed and the banks)
attrition (rocks collide and break up)
solution (acids in the water dissolve the rock)
Q5.
Which transportation process is similar to riding a hoverboard?
saltation (pebbles bounce along the river bed)
solution (the smallest sediment is dissolved into the water)
traction (large rocks are rolled along the river bed)
Q6.
Which transportation process is similar to jumping beans?
solution (the smallest sediment is dissolved into the water)
suspension (small sediment is carried along in the flow of the river)
traction (large rocks are rolled along the river bed)
Q7.
Which transportation process is similar to invisible material?
saltation (pebbles bounce along the river bed)
suspension (small sediment is carried along in the flow of the river)
traction (large rocks are rolled along the river bed)
Q8.
Which transportation process is similar to tractor wheels rolling along?
saltation (pebbles bounce along the river bed)
solution (the smallest sediment is dissolved into the water)
suspension (small sediment is carried along in the flow of the river)
Q9.
What word will complete this sentence? When a river is travelling fast it has ______ energy.
less
Q10.
What word will complete this sentence? When a river has more energy, it can do ______ erosion.
less
Q11.
Deposition means...
carry
Q12.
Erosion happens on the...
inside of a river bend where the river moves more slowly
Q13.
Deposition happens on the...
outside of a river bend where the river moves the fastest