QUIZ CHAPTER 16-EARTH SCIENCE 8°

The largest hydroelectric dam is the Three Gorges Dam in ________.

• China

• Africa

• Iceland

• Honduras

Flowing water that follow a distinct course over the land is a (a)   .

Select the name of the source of a stream based on the image.

• Rainwater

• Spring- when water flows out the ground.

• Melwater from snow glaciers.

• Outlet streams flowing out of lakes.

A stream’s ___________ is where it flows into an ocean, lake, pond, or another stream.

• mouth

• source

• elevation

• drainage

Based on the image, select the stream feature:

• rapids

• waterfalls

• meanders

• floodplains

These streams flow only after heavy rainstorms, during snowmelt, or during wet seasons.

• perennial streams

• intermitent streams

A (a)   is any isolated body of water that does not freely share water with the ocean.

TRUE OR FALSE.

God has place flowing water on the earth’s Surface for us to use.

(a)  

The scientists that study lakes are called?

• oceanographers

• limnologists

• zoologists

• biologists

Select the name of the saltiest lake in the world.

• Great Salt Lake-Utah

• Dead sea- Israel

• Don Juan Pond

• Salar de Uyuni-Bolivia