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River processes
Try this 10-question GCSE quiz to see how much you know about river processes or erosion, transportation and deposition.
If you haven't already done them, work through the ‘River processes’ and ‘River landforms: a case study of the River Severn’ investigations to find out more. Or look at them again to help fill in any gaps in your knowledge about rivers and their features!
HIGH SCORES
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | EKI | 20 |
| 2nd | 101 | 20 |
| 3rd | RDS | 20 |
| 4th | PHi | 20 |
| 5th | POG | 20 |
| 6th | KKK | 20 |
| 7th | DEC | 20 |
| 8th | A&L | 20 |
| 9th | Jls | 20 |
| 10th | SDV | 20 |
QUIZZES // River processes
Q1. Which of these river features is formed by deposition?
Floodplain
Waterfall
Ox-bow lake
Plunge pool
Q2. Which of these river processes is a form of transportation?
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Saltation
Bed load
Q3. Which of these river processes is a form of erosion?
Abrasion
Saltation
Traction
Suspension
Q4. Which of these river features is formed by lateral erosion?
Plunge pool
Point bar
Slip-off slope
River cliff
Q5. Which of these river features is formed by retreat of a waterfall?
V-shaped valley
Meander
Floodplain
Gorge
Q6. Which of these river processes is the odd one out?
Traction
Suspension
Hydraulic action
Saltation
Q7. Which one of these river processes is the odd one out?
Deposition
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Q8. Which one of these forms of transportation rolls the largest stones along the river bed?
Suspension
Traction
Saltation
Solution
Q9. Which of these erosional processes causes the sediment that is carried in river water to become smaller and less angular in shape?
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Vertical erosion
Lateral erosion
Q10. Where would you expect to find a confluence?
In a waterfall
Where a river begins
At the mouth of a river
Where a tributary joins another river
Finished!
You scored this time. The more correct answers you give, and the fewer incorrect answers you guess, the better your score.
