Year 10 Rivers Summer 2024

What is a drainage basin?

• The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

• The lowest point of a river

• A man-made structure to control river flow

• The source of a river

What is the watershed in a river system?

• The area where water is collected from precipitation

• The boundary that separates different drainage basins

• A structure built across a river to control water flow

• The point where a river starts

In the diagram. what name is given to the part of the river that meets the sea?

• Source

• Mouth

• Confluence

• Tributary

What is the term for the process labelled 1 in the diagram?

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

Which process in the water cycle is labelled 2?

• Condensation

• Percolation

• Transpiration

• Groundwater flow

Identify the process in the water cycle diagram that involves water moving slowly through the soil.

• Groundwater flow

• Throughflow

• Stem flow

• Channel flow

What is the term for the process where moisture is evaporated from vegetation?

• River discharge

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Channel flow

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

• Suspension

• Traction

• Solution

• Saltation

Which river transportation process is characterized by minerals being dissolved in the water?

• Suspension

• Traction

• Solution

• Saltation

What describes the river transportation process where small pebbles and stones are bounced along the river bed?

• Suspension

• Traction

• Solution

• Saltation