What landforms do rivers create? (Part 1)

In this lesson, we will be learning about what landforms are and how they can be created. We will also be looking at how rivers can create dramatic landforms by studying the Horseshoe Bend in the Grand Canyon and the Nile Delta in Egypt.

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Q1.What erosion process is similar to sandpapering?

attrition (rocks collide and break up)abrasion (rocks wear away each other and the riverbed and the banks)hydraulic action (the force of the water breaks down the riverbed and banks)solution (acids in the water dissolve the rock)

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Q2.What erosion process is similar to crashing?

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Q3.What erosion process is similar to chemical action?

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Q4.What erosion process can be thought of as 'water power'?

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Q5.Which transportation process is similar to riding a hoverboard?

traction (large rocks are rolled along the river bed)solution (the smallest sediment is dissolved into the water)saltation (pebbles bounce along the river bed)suspension (small sediment is carried along in the flow of the river)

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Q6.Which transportation process is similar to jumping beans?

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Q7.Which transportation process is similar to invisible material?

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Q8.Which transportation process is similar to tractor wheels rolling along?

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Q9.What word will complete this sentence? When a river is travelling fast it has ______ energy.

lessmore

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Q10.What word will complete this sentence? When a river has more energy, it can do ______ erosion.

lessmore

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Q11.Deposition means...

drop offcarry

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Q12.Erosion happens on the...

inside of a river bend where the river moves more slowlyoutside of a river bend where the river moves the fastest

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Q13.Deposition happens on the...

inside of a river bend where the river moves more slowlyoutside of a river bend where the river moves the fastest

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Q1.What erosion process is similar to sandpapering?

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Q2.What erosion process is similar to crashing?

2/13

Q3.What erosion process is similar to chemical action?

3/13

Q4.What erosion process can be thought of as 'water power'?

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Q5.Which transportation process is similar to riding a hoverboard?

5/13

Q6.Which transportation process is similar to jumping beans?

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Q7.Which transportation process is similar to invisible material?

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Q8.Which transportation process is similar to tractor wheels rolling along?

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Q9.What word will complete this sentence? When a river is travelling fast it has ______ energy.

lessmore

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Q10.What word will complete this sentence? When a river has more energy, it can do ______ erosion.

lessmore

10/13

Q11.Deposition means...

drop offcarry

11/13

Q12.Erosion happens on the...

inside of a river bend where the river moves more slowlyoutside of a river bend where the river moves the fastest

12/13

Q13.Deposition happens on the...

inside of a river bend where the river moves more slowlyoutside of a river bend where the river moves the fastest

13/13

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What landforms do rivers create?

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Q1.What sort of erosion is the river doing in the upper course (closest to the source where it is flowing through hills and mountains)?

vertical (downwards) erosionlateral (sideways) erosion

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Q2.Where does lateral erosion take place?

in the upper course (closest to the source where it is flowing through hills and mountains)at the sourcein the middle and lower course (further away from the source, closer to the mouth)

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Q3.What effect does the vertical erosion have on the valley?

it makes it deeperit makes it wider

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Q4.What type of rock does the river find the easiest to erode?

more resistant (harder rock)less resistant (softer) rock

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Q5.What are interlocking spurs?

sections of rock that stick out, that the river has not been able to erode as easilysections of rock that stick out, that the river has been able to erode easily

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Q6.Where does the river form a V-shaped valley and interlocking spurs?

Upper courseMiddle courseLower course

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Q7.Which type of erosion helps form V-shaped valleys?

lateral (sideways) erosionvertical (downwards) erosion

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Q8.The Horseshoe Bend in the Grand Canyon has been created by....

erosiondepositiontransportation

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Q9.The Nile Delta has been created by....

erosiondepositiontransportation

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What landforms do rivers create?

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Q1.What sort of erosion is the river doing in the upper course (closest to the source where it is flowing through hills and mountains)?

vertical (downwards) erosionlateral (sideways) erosion

1/9

Q2.Where does lateral erosion take place?

in the upper course (closest to the source where it is flowing through hills and mountains)at the sourcein the middle and lower course (further away from the source, closer to the mouth)

2/9

Q3.What effect does the vertical erosion have on the valley?

it makes it deeperit makes it wider

3/9

Q4.What type of rock does the river find the easiest to erode?

more resistant (harder rock)less resistant (softer) rock

4/9

Q5.What are interlocking spurs?

sections of rock that stick out, that the river has not been able to erode as easilysections of rock that stick out, that the river has been able to erode easily

5/9

Q6.Where does the river form a V-shaped valley and interlocking spurs?

Upper courseMiddle courseLower course

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Q7.Which type of erosion helps form V-shaped valleys?

lateral (sideways) erosionvertical (downwards) erosion

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Q8.The Horseshoe Bend in the Grand Canyon has been created by....

erosiondepositiontransportation

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Q9.The Nile Delta has been created by....

erosiondepositiontransportation

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