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Section 2.1: A world of water
1. Where is water found in the world?
2. Why is freshwater scarce?
3. How are rivers formed?
4. How do rivers change, from source to mouth?
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Section 2.1: A world of water
1. Where is water found in the world?
2. Why is freshwater scarce?
3. How are rivers formed?
4. How do rivers change, from source to mouth?

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Slide

How many % of the Earth's fresh water is surface water?
A
22%
B
35%
C
65%
D
78%

Slide 3 - Quiz

Where can we find land ice?
A
Greenland
B
Iceland
C
Antarctica
D
The Northpole

Slide 4 - Quiz

Speak
Which colour(s) is/are not land ice?

Slide 5 - Slide

Why is freshwater scarce?
A
97% of the water is saline
B
Because of the Climate Change
C
It takes time to make ocean water usable
D
This is found in glaciers and ice caps

Slide 6 - Quiz

This occurs when water vapour is turned back into water droplets as it cools down:
A
Evaporation
B
Transpiration
C
Condensation
D
Infiltration

Slide 7 - Quiz

What is an effect of condensation?
A
Evaporation
B
Transpiration
C
Clouds are formed
D
Surface run-off

Slide 8 - Quiz

Which three forms of precipitation
do you know?

Slide 9 - Open question

Speak
What is this image about?

Slide 10 - Slide

What is the correct word for 'waterscheiding'?
A
Water separation
B
Watershed
C
Water divide
D
Watersplit

Slide 11 - Quiz

Place the key terms below the correct image
glacier valley
V-shaped valley
U-shaped valley
rivier valley
erosion by ice
erosion by a river

Slide 12 - Drag question

Section 2.2: The Rhine: a river in Europe

1. What are  the differences between the upper, middle and lower courses of the River Rhine?
2. What are the main uses of the River Rhine?
3. Why is water quality in the River Rhine an international issue?

Slide 13 - Slide

Where is this: Some tributary rivers have joined the main river. The rate of erosion is decreasing, and there are fewer large rocks on the river bed to be eroded
A
Upper course
B
Middle course
C
Lower course
D
Of course

Slide 14 - Quiz

In which part of the river does the water flow fastest?
A
Upper course
B
Middle course
C
Lower course
D
It differs

Slide 15 - Quiz

What are the differences between the upper, middle and lower courses of the River Rhine?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Rocky river bed
High and steep but close river banks
A lot of erosion
Less gradient, but more river discharge
More tributaries
The river splits in three distributaries
Medium size rocks
The river moves particles it has eroded
Small rocks and sand

Slide 16 - Drag question

Teacher explains

Slide 17 - Slide

Where does the Rhine get it's water during the summer?
A
Glaciers
B
Rainfall
C
Bottles
D
The sea

Slide 18 - Quiz

What is not a main use of the river Rhine?
A
Drinking water
B
Transport
C
Bricks
D
Hydro power

Slide 19 - Quiz

Teacher explains

Slide 20 - Slide

How does meandering work?

Slide 21 - Open question

What is happening here?
Speak

Slide 22 - Slide

Old meander (oxbowlake)
Sedimentation
Lower flowrate
Erosion
Outerbend

Slide 23 - Drag question

Finish the sentence:

If the river flows fast (1) happens.
If the river flows slowly (2) happens.
A
1 = transportation 2 = deposition
B
1 = deposition 2 = erosion
C
1 = erosion 2 = transportation
D
1 = erosion 2 = deposition

Slide 24 - Quiz

Section 2.3: Dealing with water in the Netherlands
1. How are river discharges in the Netherlands likely to change in the future?
2. How does the Netherlands deal with high and low river discharges?
3. How does the Netherlands deal with extreme rainfall?

Slide 25 - Slide

Urbanization
Growth of cities; rivers had to be tamed:
  • Channelizing rivers;
  • Constructing higher dykes.
In 1995 it almost went wrong...
  • Evacuation of people;
  • Outer-dyke areas flooded.
Speak

Slide 26 - Slide

Urbanization
Growth of cities; rivers had to be tamed:
  • Channelizing rivers;
  • Constructing higher dykes.
In 1995 it almost went wrong...
  • Evacuation of people;
  • Outer-dyke areas flooded.

Slide 27 - Slide

Inner dyke area
outer dyke area

Slide 28 - Drag question

How does the Netherlands deal with high and low river discharges? Answer for both!

Slide 29 - Open question

Which change has been made to give the river more space?

Slide 30 - Slide

What change was made to the river in regard to the Room for the River project?
A
They moved the dyke
B
They made an extra channel
C
They made the dykes higher
D
They removed the groynes

Slide 31 - Quiz

De-poldering What is it?

Slide 32 - Slide

Give the definition
of de-poldering

Slide 33 - Open question

Slide 34 - Slide

Most important reason to lower the groins:
A
allow the water to flow slower
B
allow the water to flow faster
C
allow the river to meander
D
allow the boats the pass each other more easily

Slide 35 - Quiz

How are river discharges in the Netherlands likely to change in the future?
A
Higher peaks of discharges
B
Lower discharges in the winter
C
The discharges will stay the same
D
Lower discharges in summer.

Slide 36 - Quiz

Section 4: The River Nile
1. What are the differences between upper, middle and lower courses of the River Nile?
2. What are the main uses of the River Nile?
3. How is population distribution in the Nile River basin linked to the Nile?

Slide 37 - Slide

What are the differences between upper, middle and lower courses of the River Nile?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course

Slide 38 - Drag question

Slide 39 - Video

Name all the uses you know for the Nile

Slide 40 - Mind map

How did the Aswan Dam change the river Nile?

Slide 41 - Open question

The uses of the river Nile
  • Drinking water;
  • Oppurtunity to transport goods;
  • Deposited sediments made the land fertile;
  • They also provided building materials.

The Aswan Dam changed the river:
  • Regulating the discharge;
  • Assisting in flood prevention;
  • Generate hydropower; electricity generated by the flow of water.

Slide 42 - Slide

........ of the Negro River and Solimões River, Brazil.
............ of the Danube River and Inn River, Germany.
Which keyword to these two images show?

Slide 43 - Slide

The keyword shown
A
Delta
B
Tributary
C
Confluence
D
Distributary

Slide 44 - Quiz

How is population distribution in the Nile River basin linked to the Nile?
A
Where there is agriculture people started to build cities
B
There are more people upstream than downstream
C
Near the water the population density is high
D
The river flows to the low lying areas where the people built villages

Slide 45 - Quiz

A river in which the waters main source is rain
A river which consists of mainly meltwater
A river in which the water of the river comes from meltwater and rain
Rain-fed river
Glacier-fed river
Mixed river

Slide 46 - Drag question

IIn these graphs you see the regime of 3 rivers. Decide for each graph what kind of river flows through there.
Glacier-fed river
Rain-fed river (seaclimate)
Rain-fed river (tropical climate)

Slide 47 - Drag question

Do any of these graphs match the regime of the river Nile?
A
Yes, A
B
Yes, B
C
Yes, C
D
None of them

Slide 48 - Quiz

Natural regime of Nile
Speak-why does the regime look like this?

Slide 49 - Slide

Regime changed after Dam
Aswan Dam in Egypt

Slide 50 - Slide