Rivers

What is the part of the river that is also called the headwaters and is the beginning of a river?

• River Source

• Tributary

• Meander

What is the part of the river that has a smaller stream or river that joins a larger or main river?

• River Source

• Tributary

• Meander

What is the name of the primary channel and course of a river?

• Delta

• Main River

• Meander

What is the name of the loop in a river channel? (This is where river winds back and forth, rather than following a straight course.)

• Delta

• Main River

• Meander

Low-lying areas saturated with water for long enough periods. Transition area between water and land ecosystems.

• Up Stream/Down Stream

• River Mouth/Delta

• Wetlands/Marshes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The place where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake, or an ocean.

• river mouth and delta

• main source

• wetlands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What bodies of water do rivers empty into? (Select all that apply)

• lakes, oceans, & meander

• meander & tributary

• ocean, pond, lake, & river

• tributary & pond

Where is there most of the erosion occurring?

• on the outside of the curve

• on the inside of the curve

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where is there most of the deposition occurring?

• on the outside of the curve

• on the inside of the curve

What is formed at the end of the river? (Where the river meets the ocean)

• delta

• meander