Bodies of water

Inlets are bodies of water extending to the land from a larger body of water. The largest inlets are called gulfs. There are different gulfs around the world.

Which body of water is an inlet?

• the great lakes

• the mississippi river

• the gulf of Mexico

• the atlantic ocean

A sound is a long inlet that separates the offshore islands from the mainland.

In the picture, what is the sound's name?

• long island bay

• long island coast

• long island sound

• long island gulf

Tsunamies and storms can make disasters in different places. Sounds and bays provide harbors where ships can dock safely a long the oceans and gulfs.

They are safe places since they protect ships from?

• the oceans waves

• natural disasters

• other ships

• poeple

Rivers and lakes are important and there are a lot around the world. The Great Lakes, Superior-Michigan-Huron-Erie and ontario, are the largest ones in north america. They are fresh water and people use them as a natural resource.

Which is not a great lake?

• michigan

• huron

• erie

• nile

The great lakes and the rivers are connected to them from an important inland waterway. The great salty lake in Utah is salty as any ocean.

Where is the great salt lake located?

• los angeles

• utah

• new york

• arizona

Most of the the great lakes are fresh water except one

How does the salty lake differ from the others?

• because it's fresh water

• because it's cold water

• because it's hot water

• because it's salty water

Rivers are bodies of fresh, moving water. Each river has its own source and mouth where they begin and end into another.

The beggining of a river is named?

• tributary

• source

• mouth

• river

Rivers are bodies of fresh, moving water. Each river has its own source and mouth where they begin and end into another.

The ending of a river is named?

• tributary

• source

• mouth

• river

Rivers are bodies of fresh, moving water. Each river has its own source and mouth where they begin and end into another. Streams and other rivers join a larger one as tributaries to make a river system.

Rivers or streams that flow into another are called?

• tributary

• source

• mouth

• river

Together, a river and its tributaries make up a river system. It drains or carries water away from the land aroud it. The Mississippi river and its tributaries (Missouri, Ohio and Arkansas rivers) create the largest river system that drains most of the land to a drainage basin throuhg the Rocky and Appalichian mountains. It flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.

What rivers are part of ¿ the Mississippi river system?

• missouri and ohio

• michigan, missouri and ohio

• ohio and arkansas

• missouri, ohio and arkansas