Edexcel Geography A: River Landscapes and Processes

Question 1

Which one of these is an igneous rock?

Accepted Answer

Granite

Question 2

What type of impact is the loss of habitats due to flooding?

Accepted Answer

Environmental

Question 3

The four types of transport in a river are.....

Accepted Answer

Traction, Saltation, Abrasion, Attrition

Question 4

When rocks erode each other it is known as.......

Accepted Answer

Attrition

Question 5

Which one of these is a sedimentary rock?

Accepted Answer

Limestone

Question 6

Which one of these is a metamorphic rock?

Accepted Answer

Marble

Question 7

Which of these are examples of soft engineering?

Accepted Answer

Warning Systems, Flood Plain Zoning

Question 8

What type of impact is the loss of jobs and businesses?

Accepted Answer

Economic

Question 9

What process occurs when rivers lose their energy?

Accepted Answer

Deposition

Question 10

The process of rocks being broken up by the constant freezing, thawing an re freezing of water/ice is called...

Accepted Answer

Freeze Thaw (Frost Shattering)

Question 11

What type of impact is contaminated water as sewage and flood water mix?

Accepted Answer

Environmental

Question 12

When rocks erode the river bed and bank it is known as.......

Accepted Answer

Abrasion

Question 13

A river bend is also known a s a ............;

Accepted Answer

Meander

Question 14

The wearing away of rocks by the power of rivers, waves and glaciers is called.....

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 15

What type of impact is people being forced out of their homes due to flooding?

Accepted Answer

Social

Question 16

What type of impact is the loss of life or injury due to flooding?

Accepted Answer

Social

Question 17

The movement of sediment by rivers, waves and glaciers is called .....

Accepted Answer

Transport

Question 18

Deforestation increases interception and reduces the risk of flooding.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Which of these are examples of hard engineering?

Accepted Answer

Dams, Channel Straitening, Banks/Levees

Question 20

The three types of weathering are.....

Accepted Answer

Mechanical, Biological, Chemical

Question 21

Water falls form when....

Accepted Answer

The river flows over layers of hard rock and soft rock

Question 22

Flooding is caused by periods of dry weather.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

The wearing away of rocks by the weather is called.....

Accepted Answer

Weathering

Question 24

The size and shape of the drainage basin can increase the risk of flooding.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Urbanisation increase surface run off which contributes to flooding.

Accepted Answer

True

Edexcel Geography A: River Landscapes and Processes

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Edexcel Geography A: River Landscapes and Processes

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