test 2.3 and 2.4

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

A river in which the waters main source is rain

A river which consists of mainly meltwater

A river in which the water of the river comes from meltwater and rain

Rain-fed river

Glacier-fed river

Mixed river

Place the key terms below the correct image

glacier valley

V-shaped valley

U-shaped valley

rivier valley

erosion by ice

erosion by a river

Explain in 1 sentence what a MEANDER is.

Horst

Graben

Horst

sedimentation

lithosphere

weathering

oxbow lake

estuary

delta

breaking of rock because of weather and vegetation

material left behind

formed when a meander is cut off

the earth's crust

river mouth formed by the ebb and flow of the tide

river mouth divides into many small rivers

Which processes happened at letters A and B?

Erosion

Transportation

Deposition

A

B

Sleep de begrippen naar de juiste plek.

Horst

Graben

Gradient

Fall

The height difference between 2 places in the river.

The average height difference per kilomter of river

Finish the sentence:

If the river flows fast (1) happens.
If the river flows slowly (2) happens.

1. 1 = transportation 2 = deposition
2. 1 = deposition 2 = erosion
3. 1 = erosion 2 = transportation
4. 1 = erosion 2 = deposition

Look at the image. Rocks like this you'll find in the ............... of the river.

1. lower course
2. middle course
3. upper course

Look at the image. Where will an oxbow lake probably form soon?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Look at the image and complete the sentence:

The river ............ the river bank away.

1. eroded
2. transported
3. deposited

The Rhine enters the Netherlands at 11 meters altitude. The Rhine. The Rhine enters Germany at 751 meters. What is the fall of the Rhine in the Germany?

1. 740 kilometers
2. 740 meter
3. 751 meter
4. 74 meters per kilometer

The Alps

How did the Alps form? Put the descriptions in the right order

Beginning

End

At the place where the Alps are now, was a tropical sea.

The bottom of the sea bends and breaks because the African continent is pushing into it.

The folded seafloor is pushed against Europe's continental plate

Thick layers of rock are formed at the bottom of the sea, because dead sea creature fall on the bottom and sand is transported to the sea.

The folding mountains of Europe are now formed

Make the correct combinations:

Erosion

Transportation

Deposition

The glacier makes a U-shaped valley

The glacier brought rocks from Scandinavia to The Netherlands

The glacier picks up rocks

The glacier melts and leaves rocks behind

Rocks in the glacier scrapes away rocks below the glacier

The glacier moves and there are rocks inside the glacier

The Rhine enters the Netherlands at 11 meters altitude. The Rhine leaves the Netherlands at sealevel. What is the fall of the Rhine in the Netherlands?

1. 200 kilometers
2. 10 meter
3. 11 meter
4. 11 meters per kilometer

Read the text. Put the words in the correct places. 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

deposited

erosion

transported

middle course

upper course

sediments

load

Upper reaches

Middle reaches

Lower reaches

A lot of vertical erosion

Sand and clay

Transport

Sedimentation

Boulders, pebbles

Pebbles, sand, clay

Small river

Wide river

Widest river

When is the wave the largest?

1. Strong wind & small fetch
2. No fetch & weak wind
3. Large fetch & strong wind
4. Long fetch

Zet de onderdelen in de juiste volgorde!

Out at sea, the waves roll like this. 

If the backwash has more energy than the uprush, the waves eat the land. 

In a gale they can be over 30 m high

But at the shore they break

uprush

backwash

Waves are caused by the wind