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WorksheetsSOCIAL SCIENCE UNIT 4
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 42mins
Rivers flow downhill into
Seas and lakes
Lakes and Rivers
Seas, lakes, and rivers
Oceans and seas
What do we call large bodies of water that are completely surrounded by land?
Seas
Lakes
Islands
Glaciers
Glaciers are usually found on mountains near
The North Pole
The South Pole
Continental-mediterranean climates
The North and South Pole
About 30% of the freshwater on our planet is found underground. This water is called (a) .
A spring is formed when groundwater naturally flows to the (a) .
Tell me, in your own words, what evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are.
Aquifers form above layers of (a) rock.
Groundwater collects in layers of rock called ______.
impermeable
Aquifers
Wells
Springs
The land over which a river flows is called a
tributary
riverbed
river basin
drainage basin
The point where two rivers meet is called a (a) .
The meeting point where the river empties into a lake or sea is called the (a) of the river.
Water in the oceans, rivers and lakes is heated by the sun and some of it (a) .
When the water falls to the ground, it _____ in rivers, lakes and in aquifers.
collects
condenses
evaporates
precipitates
Explain, in your own words, the differences between the three stages of a river.
