This lesson contains 50 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
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?