Bodies of water
Differences
Sizes
Fresh or Salt?
Random
100

A thick layer of moving ice

glacier

100

How is a glacier different than the ocean?

A glacier is frozen 

100

Whats larger an ocean or a lake?

An ocean

100

Do we drink freshwater or saltwater?

freshwater

100

What is a large deep body of saltwater?

Ocean

200

A long, narrow body of moving water that flows into a lake or ocean

river

200

How is a pond different than a river?

A pond is still, a river flows

200

What's larger a glacier or a canal?

a glacier


200

Name two bodies of water that are freshwater

rivers, lakes, ponds, glaciers, and streams

200

What is a large body of usually freshwater surrounded by land on all sides?

A lake

300

A small body of still water

pond

300

How is a river different than a lake?

A river is longer and thinner than most lakes. Rivers are connected to other bodies of water.

300

True or false: Based on their size, most of the time you can see the other side of a river

True

300

Name two bodies of water that are saltwater

seas and oceans

300

What are two ways we can conserve water?

Answers will vary

400

An artificial waterway that connects two bodies of water

canal

400

How is an ocean different than a sea?

Oceans are much larger than seas and take up more space on Earth

400

What is bigger a lake or a pond?

lake

400

Is most of the water on Earth freshwater or saltwater

Saltwater because most of Earth's water is in the ocean

400

Can you think of 2 bodies of water that were not described in the book?

bays, gulfs, straits, wetlands, puddles, etc.

500

A large body of saltwater that is completely or partly surrounded by land; often a part of an ocean

sea

500

How is a canal different than a river?

A canal is usually has straighter sides and goes in more of a straight line

500

which is bigger an ocean or a sea?

ocean

500

Are canals made of saltwater or freshwater

It depends on what bodies of water they connect

500

Which sea (saltwater lake) did we talk about that people visit because the water is so salty it makes them float?

The Dead Sea