Which word means the break up of rocks at the surface of the earth by the action of the weather, plants or animals?
Erosion
Weathering
Denudation
Meanders
Landforms
One type of weathering in very cold places is called...what?
freeze dry
frost shattering
frosty snowman
freeze pop
freeze thaw
Rivers, glaciers, the wind and waves can all carry out this process.
Weathering
Distillation
Evaporation
Erosion
Precipitation
This word means the removal of trees.
Weeding
Afforestation
Deforestation
Detreeing
Deoaking
Which landform has a hard cap rock above soft rock with a deep plunge pool at its base. There may be a gorge downstream of it.
Waterfall
Ox-bow lake
Interlocking Spur
Meander
Flood plain
What is the flat area beside the middle course of a river called?
Alluvium
Silt
Bluffs
Meanders
Flood plain
The bends on a river in its middle course are called - what?
Bluffs
Flood Plains
Alluvium
Meanders
Ox-bow lakes
The feature formed when a river in flood cuts across a narrow meander neck - is called what?
A cut-off or ox-bow lake
A levee
A delta
A river cliff
A river beach
Erosion by fast flowing water on the outside of a meander - makes what landform?
A river beach
A slip-off slope
A flood plain
A river cliff
A waterfall
One rock that dissolves in water to create distinctive landforms like caves, pavements and swallow holes - is what?
Granite
Basalt
Limestone
Sandstone
Shale
One lowland country at the mouth of the Ganges is -- where
USA
Bangladesh
China
Nepal
France
One high mountainous place subjected to freeze-thaw weathering is - where?
Usk, South Wales
Burren, Ireland
Nile Delta, Egypt
Mount Everest, Nepal
Iguacu Falls, Brazil
The capital city of Bangladesh is -- where?
Dhaka
Patna
Kathmandu
Dakar
Chittagong
This is a landlocked mountainious country in the Himalayas.
Bangladesh
India
USA
Brazil
Nepal
A big waterfall which is a major tourist attraction in South America is called - what?
Niagara Falls, USA
Iguacu falls, Brazil/Argentina border
High Force, Rive Tees
Victoria Falls
Sgwd yr Eira, South Wales
Which river in South Wales has an upper course in the Brecon Beacons, a middle course around Crickhowell, and a lower course near Newport?
Wye
Severn
Usk
Taff
Gavenny
Which waterfall has two sections - one called the American Falls anmd one called the Horseshoe falls?
Iguacu
High Force
Niagara
Victoria
Sgwd-yr-Eira
These are the mountains around Nepal in Asia.
Andes
Himalayas
Alps
Rockies
Beacons
There is cave system in the limestone rocks of this place.
Mount Everest
Monument Valley
River Rhone
Niagara Falls
Llangattock Hillside
This Limestone area was described by Oliver Cromwell as not having enough wood to hang a man, no enough water to drown him nor enough soil to bury him.