Fresh Water Test

Stream and smaller rivers that feed into a main river

• tributary

• creek

• inlet

• ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A land area that drains into a river system; they are separated by mountains

• watershed

• tributary

• creek

• river system

How do most rivers begin?

• because of watershed

• In mountains where the runoff from melting snow forms small streams

• due to inlets from the ocean

• glaciers melting

All of the small streams that lead into larger rivers

• lake system

• sea/ocean system

• water system

• river system

Bodies of water that are deeper, bigger, and sunlight doesn't reach the bottom; when water collects in areas supplied by rain/melting snow/ice, and runoff; building a dam; empty crater of volcanoes

• ways in which rivers are formed

• ways in which oceans are formed

• ways in which lakes are formed

• ways in which streams are formed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a reservoir?

• a dam made by beavers that actually help humans

• lake that stores water for human use

• an oasis in the desert

• a man-made dam that supplies stocked fish

What is one difference between lakes and ponds?

• Lakes are smaller than ponds

• Lakes are wet and the sun can't reach the bottom

• ponds are larger and the sun reaches the bottom

• ponds are smaller than lakes

Why are plants able to grow throughout ponds, but they can't grow throughout lakes?

• Sunlight reflects from the top of the water

• Sunlight reaches down because it is shallower

• There is no sun where lakes are located

• The lakes are too cold for plant life

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Why don't some ponds exist year-round?

• Animals drink all of the water

• The water drains due to the sand at the bottom

• They do exist year-round

• Some dry up by midsummer as the shallow water evaporates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Land area that is covered with water during part or all of the year is called a

• Lakeland

• Riverland

• Wetland

• Waterland