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Water in nature.

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A continuosly moving body of water that flows into a sea, an ocean or a river is a...

a)

Lake

b)

Cape

c)

River

d)

Glacier

2.

The "course" of a river is...

a)

The land drained by a rover and its tributaries.

b)

A tributary.

c)

The route os a river from its source to the river mouth.

3.

The amount of water carried by a river is...

a)

A river flow.

b)

A river basin.

c)

A tributary.

4.

A tributary is a river that flows...

a)

into an ocean.

b)

into a sea.

c)

into a larger river.

5.

The land drained by a river and its tributaries is the...

a)

Course.

b)

River basin.

c)

River flow.

6.

A river that flows into a larger river is a...

a)

Course

b)

Tributary

c)

River flow

d)

River basin

7.

Continental water has mainly...

a)

Fresh water

b)

Salt water

8.

Seawater has...

a)

Fresh water

b)

Salt water

9.

Part os the river where water flows down steep slopes. This causes erosion.

(a)  

10.

Water flows more slowly and transports material.

(a)  

11.

The river flows very slowly and materials are deposited.

(a)  

12.

They are large bodies of waterthat surround the continents, separating them from each other.

a)

Seas

b)

Oceans

13.

Seas are...

a)

large parts of the oceans partly enclosed by land.

b)

large bodies of water that surround the continents, separating them from each other.

14.

It is water that is stored beneath the Earth´s surface.

a)

Glacier

b)

River

c)

Groundwater

d)

Lake

15.

They are masses of ice created by the accumulation of snow that moves slowly over land.

a)

Aquifers

b)

Lakes

c)

Glaciers

d)

Groundwater

16.

It is a permanent body of water that have accumulated in inland basins.

a)

Lake

b)

Ocean

c)

Glacier

d)

Groundwater