ESS Surface Water

Question 1

Two sources of Surface Freshwater

Answer 1

Rivers & Streams
Ponds & Lakes

Question 2

Compare river and stream

Answer 2

River starts from a source that is a high point
flows through channels called STREAMS

Question 3

A stream is…

Answer 3

is a body of freshwater that flows downhill in a channel.

Question 4

A _______ is found at the bottom of the stream

Answer 4

a bed

Question 5

The sides of a stream are called

Answer 5

banks

Question 6

streams to flow and can form …..

Answer 6

ponds, lakes and wetlands

Question 7

Place where a river or stream start is called a ____

Answer 7

source

Question 8

The transition between a river and an ocean is called ….. through a point called a _____________

Answer 8

Rivers meet oceans at a DELTA where the water form the river flows through a MOUTH into the ocean

Question 9

A famous delta example is the

Answer 9

Nile Delta

Question 10

What river/sea meet at the Nile Delta

Answer 10

Nile River meets Mediterranean Sea

Question 11

Lakes are….

Answer 11

bodies of water that are found in depressions called BASINS low lands

Question 12

What do you call the depressions where lakes and ponds are found ?

Answer 12

basins

Question 13

Compare Ponds and Lakes

Answer 13

Ponds - small and seasonal
Lakes - large and exit for hundreds of years

Question 14

3 types of lakes

Answer 14

Glacial Lakes
Crater Lakes
Rift Lakes

Question 15

What are Glacial Lakes

Answer 15

lakes made of melting glacier ice

Question 16

What are crater lakes

Answer 16

lakes made from a volcanos’ crater

Question 17

What are rift lakes

Answer 17

movement of the plate tectonics creates a low place that fills with water