Vocabulary
What is an Ocean?
A large body of salt water
What's the largest ocean in the world?
Pacific Ocean
Name two ways a river can start
A lake, underground stream or heavy rains/melting snow.
What state is the Grand Canyon?
Arizona
What is the letter/direction on the left side of a compass?
W: West
What is a River?
A stream of water that flows across land.
Cliffs
True or false: Rivers are always moving.
True
What are plant and animals remains that are left behind an example of?
Fossils
Fill in the blank: A compass is a tool that shows ____.
Directions
What is a lake?
A pool of fresh water on land.
Fill in the blank: Sand was once made from ____ and ____.
Rocks and Shells
What effects the flow of a river?
The steepness of the land.
True or False: A flood made the Grand Canyon
False
The direction that is opposite NE is ___
SW: Southwest
What is a Coast?
The land along the edge of the ocean.
Name a way oceans give back to the land.
Ocean waves wash up mud and rocks on the shore.
What river made the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
Fill in the blank: The Grand Canyon is ____ miles wide in some places.
18 miles
What is the name given to the 4 main directions?
Cardinal
What does Erosion mean?
The wearing away of land.
Why are some beaches rocky and some are sandy
Some waves are bigger and stronger than other waves and crush up the rocks.
Name 2 ways a river is different than an ocean
Rivers are fresh water, and oceans have salt water. Rivers are narrow and oceans are wide.
Who explored the Grand Canyon?
John Wesley Powell
What is the name given to the in between directions?
intermediate