Rivers at work

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

• Hydraulic Action

• Abrasion

• Saltation

• Solution

Which process involves large boulders and rocks being rolled along the river bed?

• Saltation

• Bedload

• Suspension

• Solution

Tiny visible particles such as silt are usually transported:

• in solution

• by saltation

• by traction

• in suspension

The load of the river is all the materials carried by the water

• True

• False

Name where the river starts

• tributary

• mouth

• source

• delta

Which is NOT a method of transportation?

• Abrasion

• Saltation

• Traction

• Suspension

Where would you find a waterfall?

• Upper course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution

• Hydraulic Action

"I am the movement of water sideways through the soil" What am I?

• Surface runoff

• Rock flow

• Soil flow

• Groundwater flow

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

• Levee

• Floodplain

• Delta

• Meander