Geography Vocab

Question 1

Evaporation
HINT: water vapour

Answer 1

the sun warms the oceans, lakes and seas and turns water into water vapour.

Question 2

Rivers
HINT: cycle continues

Answer 2

The water is carried back to the ocean and the cycle continues.

Question 3

(evapo) transpiration
HINT: plants and trees breathe out

Answer 3

plants & trees also breathe out water vapour, through tiny holes in their leaves

Question 4

infiltration
HINT: into

Answer 4

some water soaks downwards into the ground

Question 5

surface runoff
HINT: over

Answer 5

some water will flow over the ground

Question 6

condensation
HINT: forming clouds

Answer 6

as the air rises, it gets colder. the water vapour is turned into tiny water droplets, forming clouds

Question 7

precipitation
HINT: the water droplets eventually fall

Answer 7

the water droplets eventually fall as rain, sleet, snow or hail

Question 8

throughflow
HINT: flow through

Answer 8

some water will flow through the soil

Question 9

groundwater flow
HINT: flow through the rock

Answer 9

some water will flow slowly through the rock deep underground

Question 10

clouds blown inland
HINT: get larger and larger

Answer 10

as the clouds move inland, the water droplets inside them get larger and larger

Question 11

interception
HINT: leaves and branches catch

Answer 11

leaves and branches catch some of the water before it reaches the ground

Question 12

lake/snow cap/ sea
HINT: stores of water

Answer 12

these are stores of water

Question 13

watershed
HINT: forming a river basin

Answer 13

the area of high land forming the edge of a river basin

Question 14

source
HINT: beginning of a river

Answer 14

where a river begins

Question 15

mouth
HINT: river meets sea

Answer 15

where the river meets the sea

Question 16

confluence
HINT: two rivers meet

Answer 16

the point at which two rivers meet

Question 17

tributary
HINT: small river joins a larger river

Answer 17

a small river or stream that joins a larger river

Question 18

main river channel
HINT: the main river

Answer 18

the large, main river with most of the water

Question 19

drainage basin
HINT: drained by river system

Answer 19

the area of land drained by a river system (a river and its tributaries)

Question 20

hydrological cycle
HINT: process of water transferred

Answer 20

the water or hydrological cycle is the process by which water is continuously transferred between the surface of the Earth and atmosphere

Question 21

drainage basin
HINT: area of drained land

Answer 21

a drainage or river basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

Question 22

watershed
HINT: forming the edge

Answer 22

the area of high land forming the edge of a river basin

Question 23

attrition
HINT: chipping bits off

Answer 23

rocks and stones in the river bang against each other, chipping bits off so the rocks become rounder and smaller

Question 24

abrasion
HINT: water hits sides

Answer 24

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

Question 25

hydraulic action
HINT: pushes into cracks

Answer 25

the force of the water pushes into cracks in the rock at the bed and banks, breaking bits off

Question 26

corrosion
HINT: chalk and limestone

Answer 26

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

Question 27

river velocity
HINT: speed

Answer 27

the speed of the river

Question 28

deposition
HINT: drops load

Answer 28

when a river drops its load because it does not have enough energy

Question 29

suspension
HINT: particles of material

Answer 29

the water carries along fine, light particles of material

Question 30

traction
HINT: rocks are rolled

Answer 30

boulders and large rocks are slowly rolled along the bed of the river

Question 31

solution
HINT: dissolved material

Answer 31

the dissolved material is transported

Question 32

saltation
HINT: rocks are bounced

Answer 32

small pebbles and stones are bounced along the river bed

Question 33

flood definition
HINT: river overspills

Answer 33

a river overspills its river channel and water covers land that is usually dry. often floods the floodplain