geography key words

Question 1

Abrasion

Answer 1

The material being carried by the river hits the sides and bed of the channel, breaking pieces off the bed and banks

Question 2

Attrition

Answer 2

Rocks and stones in the river bang against each other chipping bits off so that the rocks become smaller and smoother

Question 3

Hydraulic action

Answer 3

The force of the water pushes into the cracks of the bed and bank, breaking bits off

Question 4

Corrosion/ solution

Answer 4

Rocks such as chalk and limestone are dissolved in the river water and carried away as dissolved material

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air contacts it

Question 6

Precipitation

Answer 6

Any water as a solid, liquid falls to the ground from the clouds

Question 7

Transpiration

Answer 7

plants take up liquid from the ground and make water vapour

Question 8

Interception

Answer 8

Interrupting water resulting in streams

Question 9

Ground water flow

Answer 9

The water moving in the ground through rocks

Question 10

Through flow

Answer 10

The water flowing underground through the soil

Question 11

River source

Answer 11

The slow start of a river

Question 12

Tributary

Answer 12

A fresh water stream that feeds into a larger stream or river

Question 13

River mouth

Answer 13

Where a river flows into a larger body of water like a sea or a reservoir

Question 14

Drainage basin

Answer 14

Areas of land drained by major rivers and there tributary’s

Question 15

Water shed

Answer 15

An area of land that drains water into a specific body of water

Question 16

River velocity

Answer 16

The speed at which the river is flowing

Question 17

River load

Answer 17

The amount of material that its carrying like pebbles and rocks

Question 18

River transportation

Answer 18

Transportation is the process whereby the river carries away eroded material. There are 4 different processes of transportation

Question 19

Suspension

Answer 19

The water carries along fine, light particles of material

Question 20

Traction

Answer 20

Boulders and large rocks are slowly rolled along the river bed

Question 21

Solution

Answer 21

The dissolved material is transported

Question 21

Saltation

Answer 21

Small pebbles and stones are bounced along the river bed