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MARJORIE HENRY
Contributor

OR THE last few lessons, I have been sharing with you

information to satisfy specific objective 11 under Section
II - Natural Systems of the geography syllabus. To help
you as you revise the topic, I have constructed some multiplechoice items for this weeks lesson. I encourage you to attempt
all 20 items without referring to your textbooks or your notes.
Read each item carefully and make sure that you understand
the stem. Reflect on the answer and as you read through the
options identify the one correct one; the key. Do not be drawn
away from that correct answer by the distracters. Remember
now that it is not a guessing game that you are playing.

Select the most suitable answer for each of the following

items:
1. Rivers are able to do their work because
A. They carry much material
B. They have a great volume of water
C. They flow swiftly
D. They possess energy
2. Which best describes the rivers load?
A. Material in solution
B. Material in suspension
C. Eroded material it carries
D. The traction load
3. On what does the erosive power of the river depend?
A. The amount of water present
B. The load being carried by the river
C. The speed of the river
D. The energy of the river
4. The erosive process of the river that results in the
formation of a narrow deep channel and valley is
A. Vertical down cutting
B. Lateral erosion
C. Headward erosion
D. Lateral undercutting
5. The chemical or solvent action of water on soluble or
partly soluble rocks with which the river comes into contact
is called
A. Solution
B. Corrasion
C. Attrition
D. Cavitation
6. The other name for the process of corrasion is
A. Corrosion
B. Attrition
C. Cavitation
D. Abrasion
7. Name the process of river erosion that results in material
being broken down in size and made easier to transport.
A. Corrosion

Test
yourself
B. Attrition
C. Cavitation
D. Abrasion
8. The rate at which running water will erode depends on the
following factors except
A. Gradient and velocity
B. Weather condition
C. Stream size
D. Nature of the load
9. The load carried by a stream is derived from the following
sources except
A. The action of weathering on slope
B. Erosion of the river bed
C. The volume of the river
D. Solution of soluble rocks
10. The maximum load that a river can carry is called
A. Capacity
B. Capillarity
C. Competence
D. Cavitation
11. The so-called invisible load refers to material that are
carried in
A. Suspension
B. Saltation
C. Solution
D. Solifluction
12. Calcareous rocks are very susceptible to
A. Suspension
B. Solifluction
C. Saltation
D. Solution
13. The sliding, pushing and rolling of fragments, big
pebbles and boulders along the riverbed is called
A. Saltation
B. Traction
C. Suspension
D. Solution
14. The downstream movement of bottom load comprising

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smaller rock fragments and pebbles, by skips and jumps, is

called
A. Saltation
B. Traction
C. Suspension
D. Solution
15. The following are causes that result in the river
depositing its load except
A. Reduction in stream gradient
B. Decrease in volume
C. Increase in velocity
D. Overloading
16. The order in which the materials are deposited by the
river is
A. Muds, silts, sands, gravels, pebbles and boulders
B. Pebbles, gravels, boulders, silts, muds, sands
C. Gravels, sands, pebbles, boulders, muds and silts
D. Boulders, pebbles, gravels, sands, silts and muds
17. Much deposition of the river occurs
A. On the inside bend of the river meander
B. On a flood plain
C. At the mouth of the river
D. At the lower curse of the river
18.
(i) They have a powerful swash
(ii) They carry large amounts of sediments
(iii) They are spaced well apart
The description above refers specifically to
A. Waves
B. Constructive waves
C. Surges
D. Destructive waves
19.
(i) They are closely spaced
(ii) There is little forward motion (swash)
(iii) There is a power backwash
The description above refers specifically to
A. Waves
B. Constructive waves
C. Surges
D. Destructive waves
20. The following features are formed by wave erosion
except
A. Spits
B. Cliffs
C. Caves
D. Arch
Marjorie Henry is an independent contributor. Send questions and
comments to kerry-ann.hepburn@gleanerjm.com

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