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Rivers
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1A river and its tributaries are known as a
- Atributary system.
- Briver system.
- Cwater system.
2The origin of a river is the
- Asource.
- Bcanyon.
- Cmouth.
3The area of land through which a river and its tributaries flow is the
- Adrainage basin.
- Bmainland basin.
- Cwater basin.
4Moving water from a river or lake to dry land to help crops grow is known as
- Airrigation.
- Bfarming.
- Cplanting.
5A lake formed behind a dam, made by humans to hold water is a
- Areservoir.
- Bresevere.
- Crestroom.
6Rivers that flow into another river are called
- AObs
- Btributaries
- Criver systems
- Dfrozen
7Due to their northern location near the Arctic Ocean, the Ob and Mackenzie Rivers are flooding
during winter months.- ATrue
- BFalse
8A river may freeze if the flow of water has been stopped by a dam or ice, which can cause
damage to the area around it.- ATrue
- BFalse
9One reason people settle near rivers like the Rhine River is to use the river as a route for commerce, a way to move goods and merchandise.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10 The land that is shaped like a triangle at the mouth of a river is called a delta.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The movement and deposits of [blank_start]_________________[blank_end] in a river helps to shape the land around the
river.- Asilt
12A [blank_start]_________________[blank_end] stops the flow of a river.
- Adam
- Bvalley
- Criver
- Dchannel
13The Mackenzie and Mississippi Rivers are important rivers on the continent of __[blank_start]________________.[blank_end]
- AAsia
- BAfrica
- CSouth America
- DNorth America
14Rivers may form a natural boundary.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15The name of the Hue River comes from the silt that has changed the hue of the water.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16The Nile River is the longest in the world.
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Two reasons that rivers are important are
- Airrigration
- Bfood and water
- Ctravel
- Dshaping the land through erosion
- Eall of the answers listed are correct
18Label the diagram:
- Asource
- Bmouth
- Ctributary
- Ddrainage basin
- Emain river channel
- Fsource
- Gtributary
- Hmouth
- Idrainage basin
- Jmain river channel
- Ksource
- Lmouth
- Mtributary
- Ndrainage basin
- Omain river channel
- Pmouth
- Qsource
- Rdrainage basin
- Stributary
- Tmain river channel
- Umouth
- Vsource
- Wtributary
- Xdrainage basin
- Ymain river channel
- Zmouth
- AAsource
- ABtributary
- ACmain river channel
- ADdrainage basin
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- 3rd grade History Quiz on Rivers, created by Colleen O'Malley on 22/09/2018.
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- Colleen O'Malley
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