What are the names of the starting and ending points of a river?
Source and Mouth
Name at least 2 features of a river
Source, Tributary, Meander, Confluence, Oxbow Lake, Levee, Delta, Channel, Estuary, Mouth
What are the 3 main types of water birds?
Swimmers, Divers, Waders
A penguin is what type of water bird?
Diver
A flamingo is what type of water bird?
Wader
A mallard duck is what type of water bird?
Swimmer
What are gills?
respiratory organs of fish and other water creatures. Gills allow fish to breathe under water.
What is a habitat?
the place in which an animal normally lives and grows. It can be a small micro-habitat like a leaf, or large like an ocean
What is the difference between a habitat and an ecosystem?
A habitat is the physical place where plants and animals live, an ecosystem is more about the ways plants and animals in a habitat interact with each other
What is the layer of Earth between the crust and core?
Mantle
Define meander
Meander (verb): following a route that is not straight or direct
What is a sea?
a large area of saltwater, smaller than an ocean, usually located where the land and the ocean meet
What is the source of a river?
the place a river comes from or starts at
What is soil?
the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow
What is a stream?
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground; like a small river
Define suited
Suited (adj): right for a particular purpose or situation; having all the qualities that are needed to do something
