Lesson 3.1.3.3

3.1.3.3 River landscapes in the UK Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson 3.1.3.3, River landscapes in the UK: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE Geography (8035), Unit 1: Living with the physical environment, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What happens to a river valley's slope steepness downstream?

    • It becomes gentler
    • It remains vertical
    • It fluctuates wildly
    • It becomes steeper

  2. Which fluvial erosion process involves the force of water hitting the river bed and banks?

    • Saltation of load
    • Traction of rocks
    • Solution weathering
    • Hydraulic action

  3. Which transportation process moves large boulders along the river bed by rolling them?

    • Traction
    • Suspension
    • Saltation
    • Solution

  4. Which fluvial transport process moves dissolved minerals within the water?

    • Attrition
    • Traction
    • Abrasion
    • Solution

  5. Which landform results from erosion in the upper course of a river, where valley sides are shaped by spurs?

    • Interlocking spurs
    • River meanders
    • Estuary channels
    • Natural levees

  6. Which landform forms when a meander is cut off, leaving a curved lake?

    • Ox-bow lake
    • Natural levee
    • Estuary mouth
    • Waterfall

  7. Which landform is formed by deposition beside a river's banks during floods?

    • Interlocking spur
    • Gorge
    • Levee
    • Waterfall

  8. Which landform forms where a river meets the sea and is affected by tides?

    • Estuary
    • Corrie
    • Stack
    • Drumlin

  9. On a storm hydrograph, what is a short lag time evidence of?

    • High soil infiltration
    • Low flood risk
    • Slow surface runoff
    • Rapid discharge rise

  10. Which physical factor increases flood risk in a river catchment?

    • Impermeable underlying rock
    • Gentle lowland slope
    • Deep permeable soil
    • Dense forest cover

  11. A river's discharge rises from 20 m3/s to 50 m3/s. What is the percentage increase?

    • 150%
    • 250%
    • 60%
    • 30%

  12. Which of these is a soft engineering flood management strategy?

    • Dam construction
    • Embankment building
    • Channel straightening
    • Flood warnings

  13. Building a flood relief channel is which type of management strategy?

    • Soft engineering
    • Community awareness
    • Hard engineering
    • Natural adaptation

  14. A river valley is V-shaped with interlocking spurs. Which course of the river is this?

    • Upper course
    • Delta
    • Estuary
    • Lower course

  15. Why do rivers deposit sediment in their lower course?

    • Increased channel depth
    • Steeper valley gradient
    • Higher water velocity
    • Reduced river energy

  16. What is a disadvantage of building artificial river embankments?

    • Reduced channel capacity
    • Faster soil erosion
    • Increased downstream flooding
    • Decreased water velocity

  17. Which type of flood management strategy is a dam and reservoir?

    • River restoration
    • Sustainable management
    • Soft engineering
    • Hard engineering

  18. Which physical factor increases the risk of river flooding?

    • Dense vegetation cover
    • Deep permeable soil
    • Intense rainfall
    • Gentle slopes

  19. What is a main drawback of river straightening?

    • Downstream flood risk
    • Higher construction cost
    • Slower water flow
    • Increased channel friction

  20. Why does deposition occur at a river mouth?

    • Higher water velocity
    • Loss of energy
    • Increased hydraulic action
    • Increased gradient

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