Rivers quiz

Which two soft engineering strategies are used to prevent river flooding?

• Channel straightening

• Afforestation

• Floodplain zoning

• Dredging

Abrasion is

• erosion due to the force of water

• erosion due to sediment rubbing

• erosion due to chemicals

• erosion due to wind

Traction is...

• Particles bounce along the river bed

• Rocks and pebbles roll along the river bed

• Particles suspended within the water

• Chemicals dissolved in the water

Which is NOT a method of transportation?

• Attrition

• Saltation

• Traction

• Suspension

Where would you find a waterfall?

• Upper course
• Middle Course
• Lower Course

What landform can you see in the picture?

• Floodplain
• Delta
• Waterfall
• Oxbow lake

"I am a smaller river that joins a larger river" What am I?

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Drainage Basin

• Watershed

I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?

• Levee
• Delta
• Floodplain
• Meander

The start of a river is called the what?

• River summit
• River source
• River start
• River mouth

A waterfall is created when there are ...

• layers of hard and soft rock

• many bends in the river

• high levels of deforestation

• lots of deposition