Vocabulary
A large body of salt water.
Ocean
The largest ocean in the world.
Pacific
Name one way a river can start.
A lake, underground stream or heavy rains/melting snow.
Sometimes I am called a sea
Ocean
The Earth is mostly covered by ___________
Oceans
A stream of water that flows across land.
River
Which ocean is located north of Europe?
Arctic Ocean
True or False
Rivers are always moving.
True
I am usually fresh water and am surrounded by land.
Lake
What two bodies of water are surrounded by land.
Ponds and Lakes
A pool of fresh water on land.
Sand was once made from __________ and _________.
Rocks and shells
What effects the flow of a river?
The steepness of the land.
There are five "Great" ones.
Lakes
True or False
Ocean are the smallest body of water
False
The land along the edge of the ocean.
Coast
Which ocean is located west of North America?
Pacific Ocean
I wind across the land
River
I connect two bodies of water.
Channel
How is a river different than a lake?
A river moves and a lake does not
The wearing away of land.
Erosion
Which ocean is located east of North America?
Atlantic Ocean
Name one way a river is different than an ocean.
Rivers are fresh water and oceans have salt water. Rivers are narrow and oceans are wide.
What is a fresh body of water flowing down mountains or across land?
River
What is the name of the smallest moving body of water
Stream