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Nile River Geography Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the location where a river originates or begins?

a)

the source

b)

the mouth

c)

the left ear

d)

north

2.

What is the location where a river flows into a larger body of water?

a)

the mouth

b)

the source

c)

the coccyx

d)

south

3.

What is a river basin?

a)

the entire area of land that drains into the same river

b)

where Mr. Armstrong takes his baths

c)

mountains surrounding a river valley

d)

islands formed in the middle of a river

4.

What is a confluence?

a)

the location where two rivers join together to make one bigger river

b)

an event in which people come from all over to speak and listen to others talk about common interests

c)

the direction a river flows

d)

a marshy area found near slow-moving rivers

5.

What is a tributary?

a)

a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

b)

the person who volunteers to be the district's contestant in the Hunger Games

c)

one river that splits into three rivers

d)

tribes that leave near and rely on a river for survival

6.

What is a cataract?

a)

a series of rapids and low waterfalls on a river

b)

an eye problem when the retina detatches

c)

the proper term for a large group of cats

d)

a floodplain around a river

7.

What is the usually dry bed of a river or stream in a desert or semiarid area?

a)

wadi

b)

creek

c)

crick

d)

swamp

8.

What is an artificial lake where water is stored?

a)

a reservoir

b)

chopped liver

c)

a sea

d)

a mouth

9.

What is the deposit of sand and sediment that occurs where a river flows into a larger body of water?

a)

delta

b)

alpha

c)

beta

d)

swamp

10.

What is electricity that is generated from the power of moving water?

a)

hydroelectric power

b)

nuclear power

c)

solar power

d)

Mind Power

11.

Which direction do ALL rivers flow?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

west

d)

east

e)

none of the above

12.

WATER CYCLE: Rain, sleet, hail, snow and fog are all examples of...

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

run off

d)

infiltration

13.

WATER CYCLE: This is the natural process of liquid water changing into water vapor (gas) and rising into the atmosphere.

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

run off

14.

WATER CYCLE: When water vapor (gas) naturally cools and changes into liquid water. This often causes clouds.

a)

condensation

b)

infiltration

c)

run off

d)

evaporation

15.

WATER CYCLE: An example of ________________ occurs when melted snow flows downhill into a river.

a)

run off

b)

infiltration

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

16.

WATER CYCLE: This occurs when liquid water enters INTO the earth's surface and forms underground rivers and lakes (aquifers).

a)

infiltration

b)

run off

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation