Geography

Question 1

Outside bend

Answer 1

Water flows fastest

Question 2

Inside bend

Answer 2

Water flows slowest

Question 3

River sediments

Answer 3

Objects found in a river. (Rocks)

Question 4

River velocity

Answer 4

How fast or slow a river flows. (M/sec)

Question 5

Watershed
Souse of the river
Drainage basin
Tributaries
Confluence
Mouth

Answer 5

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Question 6

Precipitation

Answer 6

Anything that falls from the sky

Question 7

Interception

Answer 7

The trees catch the rain and intercept it

Question 8

Infiltration

Answer 8

Water goes from the surface to the soil layer

Question 9

Percolation

Answer 9

Water goes from the soil layer to the ground rocky layer

Question 10

Surface run - off

Answer 10

Water runs on the top of the surface because the ground is to dry or to damp for it to infiltrate. It runs into a river or stream

Question 11

Soil moisture flow

Answer 11

The water flows on the soil layer it runs into a river or stream

Question 12

Ground water flow

Answer 12

Water flows slowly on the ground layer and into a river or stream

Question 13

Permeable rock

Answer 13

Softer rock that lets water run through it

Question 14

Impermeable rock

Answer 14

Harder rock no water passes through it

Question 15

Causes of rivers flooding

Answer 15

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Question 16

Impermeable rock causes flooding because

Answer 16

Doesn’t let water throw it so it sits on top of it

Question 17

Deforestation causes flooding because

Answer 17

There is no interception from the trees

Question 18

Urbanisation / storm drains causes flooding because

Answer 18

Drains fill up quickly then flood

Question 19

Saturated soil causes flooding because

Answer 19

No more water can go into the soil so it sits on top

Question 20

Dry soil

Answer 20

It is too hard to infiltrate so it sits on top of the dry soil