Lesson 3 & 4 Rivers and Flooding Quizizz

What do we use rivers for? Choose 3.

• WATER SUPPLIES

• TRANSPORT & TRAVEL

• FARMING

• QUARRYING

Farmers use river for 2 mains reasons - what are they?

• Washing tractors

• Water for crops

• Water for animals

• Window cleaning

We use other river in the UK too – can you pick 2 uses that are likely to apply to all rivers.

• Fishing

• Farmers using them for water

• Electricity power stations using the water for cooling

• HEP - Hydroelectric Power Production

Aquifers are found in....

• .... a shower

• .... a layer of rock that holds water

• .... a pipe

• .... a water treatment works.

A reservoir is.....

• an large artificial storage lake of water found along a river.

• a where the water is fully cleaned and filtered

• an underground storage rock

• a way of transporting water from one house to another

What do sewage treatment plants do?

• take in dirty water, clean and filter it and then return it to the water cycle system

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What does a desalination plant do?

• removes lumps of solid material from water

• it makes water safe by taking more time in the water cycle.

• it adds salt to water to make it clean

• It removes salt from sea water making it safe and useable for humans.

In a hot summer too much water is removed from Aquifers and rivers. What does this cause?

• Draughts

• Droughts

• Flooding

• Desalination

What does abstracting water mean?

• Pumping water around the country.

• pumping water into reservoirs.

• Pumping water out from under the ground.

• pumping water to homes and factories.

Explain the movement of water after it leaves your kitchen sink. Where does it go and what happens to it?

Write this in full sentences and in as much detail as possible.