IIP Interna�onal School
Academic Year 2026 – 2027
Semester 1
Year 8 – Geography
Homework – 1
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Name ____________________________
Class ____________________
Start Date- 22.6.2026
Due Date- 30.06.2026
1. What two factors affect the amount of river deposi�on that happens?
(2 marks)
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2. Look at the picture and write four sentences to explain the processes of river erosion.
(4 marks)
Atri�on:
Hydraulic ac�on:
Abrasion:
Corrosion (Solu�on):
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3. The story of Sammy (the pebble)
Fill the gaps by using the words from the box. (4 marks)
suspension
rock
abrasion
deposition
saltation
bedload
attrition
traction
Once upon a �me Sammy was part of the bank of the river, but that was soon to change.
One day a large pebble hit the bank, breaking Sammy free! This was erosion by
_____________________.
Sammy fell to the bed of the river as a large, angular pebble, becoming
_____________________.
As Sammy sat on the river bed, pieces of rock banged into them, knocking corners off
through ___________________.
Now Sammy was smaller and rounder. A�er a storm they found themselves moving along
the bed by ____________________.
As Sammy became s�ll smaller and rounder, they some�mes bounced up from the river
bed to travel by ____________________.
Sammy was now a long way down the river and very small! They floated along in
_____________________.
Eventually, Sammy felt the river slowing, then was __________________ on the bed again.
Over many, many years Sammy was compressed to form _____________ again.
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