Rivers

Question 1

What percentage of the earths water is salty

Answer 1

97%

Question 2

What does water evaporate in from the ocean change into

Answer 2

Water Vapour

Question 3

What happens after a water vapour cools

Answer 3

Confidence is back into a liquid as droplets

Question 4

Where is water store in the ground

Answer 4

In the rocks

Question 5

What describes plants lose moisture to the air through leaves and flowers

Answer 5

Transpiration

Question 6

How do plants lose moisture to the air

Answer 6

Through their leaves and flowers

Question 7

Times has water been reused

Answer 7

About 8m

Question 8

Is the water cycle driven by

Answer 8

Sun

Question 9

Name the five stages in the water cycle

Answer 9

Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Surface run off
Groundwater

Question 10

What is water shed

Answer 10

The area of high land forming the edge of the river basin

Question 11

What is the source

Answer 11

Where the river begins

Question 12

What is the mouth

Answer 12

Where the river meets the sea

Question 13

What is the tributary

Answer 13

A small river or stream that joins a large river

Question 14

What is a channel

Answer 14

Where the river flows

Question 15

What is a drainage basin

Answer 15

The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

Question 16

Rivers are formed when ………..from…….and …….collects in ……….
Rivers begin in…………

Answer 16

MeltWater
Glaciers
Rain
Drainage basin
Mountains

Question 17

What is the river channel like in the upper course of a river?

Answer 17

Narrow the water is shallow and very fast flowing.