SS Semester 1 Test Review

What do you call any place where a river begins?

• mouth

• source

• confluence

• tributary

What do you call the place where a river ends and empties into another body of water?

• mouth

• source

• confluence

• tributatry

What do you call any river that feeds into a larger river?

• mouth

• source

• confluence

• tributary

What do you call the place where two rivers join?

• mouth

• source

• confluence

• tributarty

TRUE or FALSE All rivers essentially flow downhill.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE If you move with the river's current you are traveling downstream.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE It would be easier to travel on a boat upstream than downstream.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE All rivers have deltas.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE. Traveling downstream can sometimes mean traveling north.

• True

• False

What is the longest river in the world?

• Mississippi

• Amazon

• Blue Danube

• Nile