Rivers

Question 1

Define the source of the river

Answer 1

Start of the river

Question 2

Define the mouth of the river

Answer 2

Where the river meets the sea(end of the river)

Question 3

Define precipitation

Answer 3

Rain, sleet, snow, hail

Question 4

Define surface run-off

Answer 4

When the water moves over the ground/surface

Question 5

Define Infiltration

Answer 5

When water soaks into the ground (rock or soil)

Question 6

What happens to the river valley and channel as the river flows downstream

Answer 6

Flatter, wider, deeper, faster

Question 7

Name the four types of erosion

Answer 7

Attrition, hydraulic action, solution, abrasion

Question 8

Name the four types of transportation

Answer 8

Traction, saltation, suspension, solution.

Question 9

What is deposition?

Answer 9

When the river loses energy and can no longer carry the material so it drops it

Question 10

Name a physical and human cause of flooding

Answer 10

Human~ urbanisation,agriculture,deforestation

Physical~ prolonged rainfall, snow melt