Quiz about Rivers

Question 1

The _________ is where streams/rivers begin.

Accepted Answer

Source

Answer

Confluence

Answer

Tributary

Answer

Mouth

Question 2

A _________ is a smaller stream/river that contributes to the main river a drainage basin.

Accepted Answer

Tributary

Answer

Mouth

Answer

Watershed

Answer

Source

Question 3

_________ is where streams/rivers meet each other.

Accepted Answer

Confluence

Answer

Tributary

Answer

Mouth

Answer

Watershed

Question 4

An imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream from another.

Accepted Answer

Divide

Answer

Floodplain

Answer

Drainage Basin

Answer

Delta

Question 5

What river feature does this image show?

Accepted Answer

Oxbow Lake

Answer

Meander

Answer

Tributary

Answer

Headwaters

Question 6

What river feature does this picture show?

Accepted Answer

Meander

Answer

Oxbow Lake

Answer

Estuary

Answer

Tributary

Question 7

What does this image show?

Accepted Answer

Delta

Answer

Oxbow Lake

Answer

Headwaters

Answer

Runoff

Question 8

Where will there be the most erosion?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 9

Where is the water in the river moving the slowest?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Question 10

The land sitting next to the river banks which often gets covered in water when discharge is particularly high.

Accepted Answer

Floodplain

Answer

Levee

Answer

Delta

Answer

Meander

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT usually found in the youthful stage of a river?

Accepted Answer

meanders

Answer

waterfalls

Answer

rapids

Answer

steep slope

Question 12

In the Youthful Stage of a river (in the mountains), what shape valley does the river cut into the hillside?

Accepted Answer

"V" shape

Answer

"S" shape

Answer

"U" shape

Answer

"L" shape

Question 13

In the mature stage of a river, where the it begins to leave the mountains, the river cut valley widens and the river begins to ___________________

Accepted Answer

ALL of these

Answer

slow down

Answer

begin meanders

Answer

start a flood plain

Question 14

A deposit that forms on the inner side of a meander where deposition occurs.

Accepted Answer

Point Bar

Answer

Cutbank

Answer

Oxbow

Answer

Headwater

Question 15

The outside portion of a meander where erosion occurs.

Accepted Answer

Cutbank

Answer

Oxbow

Answer

Meander

Answer

Headwater

Question 16

Compared to the stream velocity between point X and point Y, the stream velocity between point Y and point Z is most likely

Accepted Answer

less, since the slope of the land decreases

Answer

greater, since the slope of the land decreases

Answer

greater, since the slope of the land increases

Answer

less, since the slope of the land increases

Question 17

The three areas separated by highland divides are called

Accepted Answer

watersheds

Answer

Tributaries

Answer

meanders

Answer

floodplains

Question 18

Which two locations have the greatest stream velocities?

Accepted Answer

D and A

Answer

A and B

Answer

B and C

Answer

C and D

Question 19

Deposition is when ...

Accepted Answer

Sediments and materials are dropped along the river.

Answer

Sediments and materials are moved along the river.

Answer

Sediments and materials are suspended in the water.

Answer

Sediments and materials are move into the ocean.

Question 20

Which Process involves small pebbles and stones being bounced along the river bed?

Accepted Answer

Saltation

Answer

Solution

Answer

Traction

Answer

none of the above

Question 21

Tiny particles such as silt are usually transported:

Accepted Answer

in suspension

Answer

in solution

Answer

by saltation

Answer

by traction

Question 22

When soluble particles are dissolved into the river it is called:

Accepted Answer

Solution

Answer

Hydraulic Action

Answer

Abrasion

Answer

Saltation

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