This lesson contains 37 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
§5.1-§5.3
In this lessonup we're going to repeat the first part of the chapter about rivers.
Slide 1 - Slide
The next question is about the water cycle.
(p. 83 of your book)
Important words:
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Infiltration
Surface runoff
Throughflow
Liquid water turns into water vapour.
Water vapour turns into liquid water, little drops form.
Rain, snow, hail.
Water seeps into the ground.
Water flows over the ground/surface.
Water flows through the ground.
Slide 2 - Slide
Make the correct combinations between letter and process
Precipitation
Infiltration
Condensation
Throughflow
Evaporation
Surface runoff
A
B
C
D
E
F
Slide 3 - Drag question
Where to find it in your book?
Page 80 shows how water evaporates, condensates and what precipitation is.
Page 81 shows how the water flows back to the river and sea.
Slide 4 - Slide
The next questions is about the river system (p.82 of your book)
Important words:
Source
Mouth
Tributary
Confluence
River basin
Watershed
Where the river starts.
Where the river flows into the sea.
A smaller river that later joins a bigger river.
The place where to rivers join each other.
All the water that falls in this area, flows to the same river.
The border (grens) of the river basin.
Slide 5 - Slide
Make the correct combinations between letter and process.
Mouth
Tributary
River basin
Source
Watershed
Confluence
A
B
C
D
E
F
Slide 6 - Drag question
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
Slide 7 - Slide
Look at the map. The Mississippi river ends in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the ... of the river.
A
Tributary
B
Confluence
C
Source
D
Mouth
Slide 8 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The place where the river ends in the sea is called the mouth.
Slide 9 - Slide
Look at the map. The Arkansas is a .... of the Mississippi river.
A
Tributary
B
Confluence
C
Source
D
Mouth
Slide 10 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
A smaller river that joins the big river, is called a tributary.
Slide 11 - Slide
Look at the map.
The place where the Arkansas and the Mississippi river join each other, is called a ...
A
Watershed
B
Confluence
C
Source
D
Mouth
Slide 12 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The place where two river join each other is called the confluence.
Slide 13 - Slide
Look at the map. Is this true or false?
All the rain that falls in the light green area goes to the Mississippi river.
A
True
B
False
Slide 14 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The light green area is the river basin. This means that all the rain that falls in this area, flows to the Mississippi river.
Slide 15 - Slide
True or false? The border between the light green and the dark green is called the watershed.
A
True
B
False
Slide 16 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The border of the river basin is called the watershed. All the rain that falls on the other side of the border, flows to another river.
Slide 17 - Slide
True or false?
Rain that falls at letter D, flows into the Amazon river.
A
True
B
False
Slide 18 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
Letter D is not inside the red line, so it is not inside the river basin. Rain that falls at letter D flows to another river.
Slide 19 - Slide
The area inside the red line is called the .... of the Amazon river.
A
Watershed
B
Tributary
C
Mouth
D
River basin
Slide 20 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The whole area inside the red line is called the river basin.
Slide 21 - Slide
The red line is the .... of the Amazon river.
A
Watershed
B
Tributary
C
Mouth
D
Confluence
Slide 22 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The border of the river basin is called the watershed.
Slide 23 - Slide
The river ends in the sea close to letter C. This is the ... of the river.
A
Source
B
Tributary
C
Mouth
D
Confluence
Slide 24 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
The place where the river ends in the sea is called the mouth.
Slide 25 - Slide
At letter C there is ... water in the river than at letter A.
A
more
B
less
Slide 26 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
The image on p. 82 shows you the different elements of the river.
Close to the sea, all the tributaries joined the Amazon river. More and more water came together, so there is more water in the river.
Slide 27 - Slide
At letter C the river flows ... than at letter A.
A
slower
B
faster
Slide 28 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
On p. 84 you see an image that shows the upper course, lower course and middle course of the river.
At letter A, the river is in the mountain. Here the land is steep (steil). The river flows fast. Close to the sea, the land is more flat. The water flows slower.
Slide 29 - Slide
Letter C is in the ... of the river
A
upper course
B
middle course
C
lower course
Slide 30 - Quiz
Where to find it in your book?
Look at the river's long profile on page 84. Letter C is close to the sea, so that's the lower course of the river.
Slide 31 - Slide
The upper course
The middle course
The lower course
Slide 32 - Slide
We're going to compare the upper course and the lower course of the river. Which words/pictures belong to the upper course and which to the lower course?
Upper course
Lower course
Little water in the river
Lots of water in the river
The river is very flat
The river is very steep
The river flows fast
The river flows slowly
Slide 33 - Drag question
What are the differences between upper, middle and lower courses of the River Nile?