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P2 Q4W2D3 Waterways and Watercourses

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

bouyant

a)

a narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary.

b)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas

c)

an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation

d)

a large body of water surrounded by land

2.

stream

a)

a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially.

b)

a small, narrow river.

c)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

d)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

3.

lock

a)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

b)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

c)

a small, narrow river.

d)

a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways

4.

firth

a)

a narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary.

b)

a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

c)

a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways

d)

a small, narrow river.

5.

canal

a)

a small, narrow river.

b)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

c)

a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways

d)

an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

6.

river

a)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

b)

a natural stream of water of large volume

c)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

d)

a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially.

7.

estuary

a)

a small, narrow river.

b)

an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

c)

a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

d)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

8.

swamp

a)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

b)

an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

c)

a small, narrow river.

d)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

9.

lake

a)

a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

b)

large body of slowly moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin

c)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

d)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

10.

aqueduct

a)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

b)

a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

c)

an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

d)

an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

11.

irrigation ditch

a)

a small, narrow river.

b)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

c)

a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially.

d)

an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

12.

delta

a)

a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially. ditch - a long narrow excavation in the earth

b)

a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river

c)

a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water

d)

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

13.

fjord

a)

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

b)

a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river

c)

a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water

14.

arroyo

a)

a steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the southwestern US.

b)

a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river

c)

a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water

d)

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

15.

acequia

a)

a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river

b)

Spanish word for "water conduit"

c)

a steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the southwestern US.

d)

able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

16.

reservoir

a)

large body of slowly moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin

b)

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

c)

Spanish word for "water conduit"

d)

a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.