Bodies of Water

The large body of salt water that covers 70% of the Earth’s surface.

• gulf
• ocean
• river
• glacier

what is this body of water?

• lake
• ocean
• gulf
• swamp

Which of the following describes a river?

• A huge sheet of ice that covers land.

• An area where water, usually freshwater, is surrounded by land.

• A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

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About how much of the Earth is covered in water?

• 50%

• 75%

• 97%

• 100%

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What is a body of water that is surrounded by land?

• lake
• river
• ocean
• sea

What type of body of water is this?

• River
• Ocean
• Lake
• Bay

A "strait" can best be described as:

• A narrow channel of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water. 
• A strip of land that extends out into a body of water. 
•  A narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger bodies of land. 
• Low water land formed at the base of a river. 

What is a delta?

• a huge mass of ice that formed from accumulated and compacted snow that slowly moves down a slope
• a wide body of slowly moving water; a natural flow of water that follows a path into another body of water
• a triangle-shaped (deposit) landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water
• The outline or shape of a coast or the boundary between land and a lake or ocean

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What is this?

• island

• desert

• mountains

• coast

Narrow water passage between peninsulas or through a barrier island leading to a bay, sound or lagoon

• spit

• inlet

• groin

• breakwater