Rivers Quiz 1

Name the process. The process by which water (as rain, snow, hail, sleet) falls from clouds in the sky.

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

Name the process. Water that flows through rocks and soil underground.

• Transpiration

• Surface run off

• Groundwater flow

• Condensation

In which process does liquid water become water vapour (a gas)?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Surface run off

• Groundwater flow

The point at which two rivers meet is called the...

• Mouth

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Source

A place on higher land where the river begins is called the...

• Drainage Basin

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Source

The watershed is...

• The boundary between two drainage basins

• The area within a drainage basin

The catchment area is...

• The boundary between two drainage basins

• The area within a drainage basin

Where is the mouth of a river?

• The start of a river, on high land.

• The end of a river where it meets the sea

Water is transferred from the ocean to the atmosphere via the process of....

• Surface run off

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

A smaller river that joins a larger river is called a...

• Mouth

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Source