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Year8 Rivers Worksheet

The document is a Year 8 Geography assessment worksheet focused on rivers. It includes questions about the source and mouth of a river, differences in river courses, the water cycle, river profiles, and features such as meanders and ox-bow lakes. Students are required to explain concepts and draw diagrams related to these topics.

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Year8 Rivers Worksheet

The document is a Year 8 Geography assessment worksheet focused on rivers. It includes questions about the source and mouth of a river, differences in river courses, the water cycle, river profiles, and features such as meanders and ox-bow lakes. Students are required to explain concepts and draw diagrams related to these topics.

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Year 8 Geography – Rivers Assessment Worksheet

1. Explain what is meant by the *source* of a river.

2. Describe what happens at the *mouth* of a river.

3. Explain how the upper, middle and lower courses of a river differ. Include ideas about gradient and fe

4. Describe the key stages of the water cycle in your own words.

5. What is a river long profile? Explain what it shows.

6. Describe two features you would expect to see in the upper course of a river and explain how they ar

7. Explain how a meander forms and how it can eventually create an ox-bow lake.

8. Describe how the speed of water flow changes from the source to the mouth and explain why.

9. Draw and label a simple long profile of a river, showing the upper, middle and lower courses.

10. Draw and label the water cycle including: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltr

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