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WorksheetsStream Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
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1.
A land form that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water.
a)
Delta
b)
Mouth
c)
Tributary
d)
Divide
2.
The part of a river that flows into a lake, reservoir or ocean
a)
Delta
b)
Mouth
c)
Deposition
d)
Erosion
3.
Riverbanks are changed due to erosion (wearing away).
a)
True
b)
False
4.
It can take thousands of years but a river can carve a _____________ into rocks.
a)
source
b)
slope
c)
canyon
d)
slope
5.
What are small bodies of fresh water that flow into rivers?
a)
streams
b)
ocean
c)
lakes
6.
Define tributaries
a)
small rivers or streams that flow into a large river or stream
b)
a natural stream of water of considerable volume
c)
precipitation that flows over the land to streams
d)
a continuous ridge that separates a watershed
7.
The beginning of a stream or river is
a)
lips
b)
mouth
c)
head
d)
stream channel
8.
All of the land drained by a river and its tributaries
a)
drainage basin
b)
empty basin
c)
floodplain
d)
delta
9.
A long, low area carved by a stream or glacier with higher areas on both sides.
a)
channel
b)
valley
c)
gorge
d)
plateau
10.
The course where moving water is
a)
floodplain
b)
drainage basin
c)
channel
d)
valley
11.
A flat area next to the stream that gets sediment when the river overflows its banks
a)
floodplain
b)
drainage basin
c)
tributary
d)
channel
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