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What are levees?

Raised river banks

Which Christmas song includes the line, "Dashing through the snow"?

Jingle Bells

How many of Santa's reindeers' names start with D?

3

Which of the following does NOT describe material usually found in the upper course? Angular / Jagged / Rounded / Large

Rounded

What is hard engineering on rivers?

Putting in place a physical barrier between the land and the river.

Estuaries and flood plains are found in which course of a river?

Lower course

When were Christmas crackers introduced?

1902

Plant trees, dam, embankments, and flood warnings are four of the flood management strategies we have studied. What are the other four?

Flood plain zoning, river straightening, flood relief channels, river restoration

What are the three ways floods are managed?

Increase capacity, increase velocity, and reduce discharge

What are estuaries?

Areas where fresh water rivers meet the sea.

How can we calculate the length of one S shaped meander?

Multiple the width of the river by 6

What do we call the coastal management strategy where we add sand to a beach?

Beach nourishment

Which of the following is NOT one of Santa's reindeer? Donder / Meteor / Dancer / Vixen

Meteor

What do we call the place where on river joins another?

Confluence

What are the two large scale types of erosion in rivers?

Lateral and vertical

What is an Oxbow lake?

An oxbow lake is a C shaped lake found close to a river.

Which of the following is NOT another name for Father Christmas? Noel Baba / Sinterklaas / Krampus / Agios Vassilis

Krampus

Which country sends a big Christmas Tree to London almost every year?

Norway

TRUE or FALSE: There is a town called Santa Claus

TRUE - Santa Claus is the name of a town in Indiana in the USA

On the fourth day of Christmas, what did my true love give me?

Four calling birds

What does Santa leave in a naughty child’s stocking?

A lump of coal

Which of these four is not a way material is transported in a river? Traction Abrasion Saltation Solution

Abrasion – it is a type of erosion

Which process moves sediment along a coastline in a zig-zag pattern?

Longshore drift

In Christmas Carol, what is the second name of Ebenezer?

Scrooge

Which land form is created by cutting off a meander?

Oxbow lake

What is the name given to silt and sediment deposited by a river during times of flooding?

Alluvium

Before Christmas lights were invented, what did people put on their Christmas tree?

Candles

Name two hard engineering methods used on coasts?

Any two of the following: groynes, gabions, sea wall, rock armour, revetments

What are the four types of erosion?

Hydraulic action / Attrition / Abrasion / Solution (Corrosion)

What is the main process that occurs at estuaries?

Deposition

Along a river, we find v-shaped valleys in which course?

The upper course

On which side of a meander does the river travel fastest?

Outside

In the story A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts visit Scrooge?

4 - Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future

In the 12 Days of Christmas, how many "geese a-laying" were given?

Six

What are the two types of wave?

Constructive and destructive

Caves, arches, stacks, and stumps are which type of landform, erosional or depositional?

Erosional

Which TV family has a pet called Santa's Little Helper?

The Simpsons

Which coastal management strategy is used to reduce the impact of Longshore Drift?

Groynes

How many times does the number one appear on an advent calendar with twenty-four doors?

13

Which process is associated with the formation of spits?

Deposition

What is another name for the water cycle?

Hydrologic Cycle