Rivers

What is the name of the point where a river starts?

•  Source
•  Point A
•  Heart
• Opening 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name of the point where a river ends?

• Tributary
• Water Shed
• Confluence
• Mouth 

All the land that drains into the river, either directly or through its tributaries

• A. Watershed

• B. Discharge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river which flows into another river is called a:

• Confluence
• Tributary
• Watershed
• Drainage Basin

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

What is it called when water is changed from a liquid to a gas?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION

A meander is best described as ...

• A straight section of the river.
• A winding section of a lake.
• A section of the river that joins another river.
• A winding section of a river.

A meander is created when ...

• Sections of the river move slowly.
• Sections of the river move slowly and have materials deposited.
• Sections of the river move slowly, having materials deposited, creating bend.
• When it floods and the river creates a new path.

What is a delta?

• Area of water
• fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream
• slope of land
• sediments deposited at a river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river is called a 

• delta
• mouth
• divide
• levee

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2