Starter quiz

  • Which direction does a river flow?
    • downstream  ✓
    • upstream
    • mainstream
  • Which of these statements describe the river in the image?
    Which of these statements describe the river in the image?
    • found in the upper course  ✓
    • slow flowing  ✓
    • narrow shallow channel  ✓
    • lots of erosion
  • Which of these is a landform in the upper course?
    • waterfall
      waterfall  ✓
    • floodplain
      floodplain
    • meander
      meander
  • Where would you find an estuary?
    • Where two rivers meet
    • Where river meets the sea  ✓
    • Where the river starts
  • Bouncing, floating, rolling and dissolved are all ways the river does what?
    • erodes
    • transports  ✓
    • deposits
  • What do we call the path a river takes from its source at the start to its mouth at the end? Unscramble the letters to find the answer.
    • 1
      C
    • 2
      O
    • 3
      U
    • 4
      R
    • 5
      S
    • 6
      E
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