Geography Practice Quiz 49

Q1.What are the large bends formed by a river as it enters the plain known as?

A. Levees B. Floodplains C. Ox-bow lakes D. Meanders

Q2.How is an ox-bow lake formed?

A. By the continuous erosion and deposition along the sides of a floodplain. B. When a meander loop cuts off from the river. C. When a river overflows its banks and deposits sediments. D. By the wearing away of the landscape by wind and ice.

Q3.The formation of a flat fertile floodplain is primarily due to which process?

A. The cutting off of a meander loop from the river. B. The erosion of hard rocks by a tumbling river. C. The deposition of fine soil and sediments when a river overflows its banks. D. The continuous wearing away of the landscape by wind.

Q4.What are the raised banks formed along a river during flooding called?

A. Meanders B. Ox-bow lakes C. Floodplains D. Levees

Q5.What is formed by the collection of sediments from all the mouths of distributaries?

A. A delta B. A lagoon C. An estuary D. A floodplain

Q6.What are the streams called when a river breaks up into a number of them?

A. Tributaries B. Distributaries C. Meanders D. Oxbow lakes

Q7.What are the hollow-like caves formed on rocks by continuous striking of sea waves called?

A. Sea arches B. Stacks C. Sea caves D. Sea cliffs

Q8.When the cavities of sea caves become larger, and only the roof of the caves remains, what landform is formed?

A. Sea caves B. Stacks C. Sea arches D. Sea cliffs

Q9.What are the wall-like features called that are left after further erosion breaks the roof of sea arches?

A. Sea caves B. Sea arches C. Stacks D. Sea cliffs

Q10.What is a steep rocky coast rising almost vertically above sea water called?

A. A beach B. A sea arch C. A sea cliff D. A stack

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Geography Practice Quiz 49