River Processes

Question 1

Transport- what’s solution

Answer 1

Dissolved material is carried along as a solution. You can’t see

Question 2

Transport-what’s suspension

Answer 2

Small light particles of rock and soil are carried along as suspension. They make the water look cloudy or muddy

Question 3

Transport- what’s saltation

Answer 3

The heavy metal is carried along the bottom it is called bed-load

Question 4

Transport- what’s traction

Answer 4

Sand grains+smaller stones just bounce along, larger stones and rocks get rolled along

Question 5

Erosion- what’s abrasion

Answer 5

Sand and stones carried by the river scrape the banks and beds eroding them

Question 6

Erosion- what’s attrition

Answer 6

Stones and pebbles bounce off each other as they are carried down the river causing them to erode

Question 7

Erosion- what’s solution

Answer 7

Water is slightly acidic which means some materials are corroded by the water and dissolve into it

Question 8

Erosion- what’s hydraulic action

Answer 8

Fast flowing water forces into cracks to expand and eroding the banks