WATER BODIES

What are some of the challenges with using oceans as a means of trade and transport?

• Ships cannot carry heavy goods on long journeys.

• Disputes between nations may not allow smooth travel of ships.

• Ocean travel and transport is very expensive.

• Fog, Icebergs, storms etc may delay ships and increase transport time.

Tick the characteristics of Lakes

• Most lakes have salty water

• They occupy hollows of the land surface in which water accumulates

• Lakes in deserts have fresh water

• Lakes can be temporary or permanent

The two types of seas are

• Marginal Sea

• Outland Sea

• Inland Sea

• Dead Sea

Rivers are polluted by the following things.

• Oxygen and carbon dioxide

• chemical waste from factories.

• Untreated sewage from homes, schools and factories.

The Indian Ocean stretches between ____________ and _________ .

• Asia, Australia

• Asia, Antarctica

• Asia, Europe

Darling is a ________.

• Lake

• River

• Sea

• Ocean

The longest river in the world is __________.

• Amazon

• Nile

• Ganga

• Yangtze

About ________ of the Earth's surface is covered in water.

• 63%

• 70%

• 71%

• 97%

Which of the following describes an ocean?

• A large bodies of salt water that surrounds a continent

• A large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

• A large body of saltwater that is often connected to an ocean. It may be partly or completely surrounded by land.

The ___________ Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean of the world.

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

• Southern