WorksheetsChapter 1 Lesson 2 "Rivers and Lakes"
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What natural force shaped and filled Lake Erie?
a)
glacier
b)
earthquake
c)
volcanic eruption
d)
hurricane
2.
There are thousands of miles of rivers in the state of Ohio.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
Something found in nature that people can use is called this term.
a)
nature source
b)
natural resource
c)
natural source
d)
renewable source
4.
Moving goods or people from one place to another is this term's definition.
a)
movement
b)
shipping
c)
transportation
d)
natural resource
5.
A huge, flat boat that transports goods on rivers is called a ??
a)
large
b)
riverboat
c)
barge
d)
water train
6.
The line of small hills that runs east to west across our state.
a)
Ohio Division
b)
Ohio Divide
c)
Continental Divide
d)
Appalachian Plateau
7.
Due to the Ohio Divide, rivers north of it empty into ???
a)
Ohio River
b)
Lake Michigan
c)
Maumee River
d)
Lake Erie
8.
Due to the Ohio Divide, rivers south of it empty into ???
a)
Lake Erie
b)
Ohio River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Lake Michigan
9.
The place where a river begins is called its ???
a)
source
b)
mouth
c)
port
d)
tributary
10.
The place where a river empties into a larger body of water is its ??
a)
mouth
b)
source
c)
tributary
d)
port
11.
Smaller rivers and streams that flow into a larger river are called ??
a)
mouths
b)
ports
c)
tributaries
d)
sources
12.
The word Ohio is an English word meaning "great water" or "big river".
a)
true
b)
false
13.
All the land that is drained by a river and the river's tributaries is called a ???
a)
water basin
b)
drainage land
c)
river basin
d)
Ohio Divide
14.
Lake Erie is the ??? largest of the Great Lakes.
a)
second
b)
third
c)
fourth
d)
fifth
15.
A ??? is a place where ships load and unload goods.
a)
port
b)
mouth
c)
tributary
d)
source
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