Class 4 has been learning about rivers. We have been working very hard. In Geography we are looking at the Journey of the River Thames. In ICT we have been preparing to make a Wiki Page about rivers by researching interesting facts. It has been very fun. Here is a little quiz about rivers:
Q1. Where is the source of the River Thames?
Q2. Where is the Nile?
Q3. Can you name 5 rivers?
Q4. Which 3 rivers are in Russia?
Q5. What is a river?
Q6. Name 4 creatures that live in a river or a lake.
Q7. How long is the Thames?
Q8. How wide is the Thames?
Q9. Which river is in Australlia(CLUE:It is the surname of our teacher in Year 3)
Q10. How long is the Nile?
Q11. What is a meander?
Q12. Finish the sentence: A meander turns into an _________.
Q13. Finish the sentence: An oxbow turns into an ____________ when a flood happens.
Q14. What is a tributary?
Q15. What is an estuary?
PLEASE PUT THE ANSWERS IN YOUR COMMENTS! Do not cheat!
Here are 3 good websites for river facts
Fact Monster
By Faber and Oisin!
Wow! It looks like all of you had been learning about rivers!COOL!
Answer
River murray
Q1. Where is the source of the River Thames? In Lyd spring were the river is marked with a big stone.
Q2. Where is the Nile? In Egypt
Q3. Can you name 5 rivers?
Q4. Which 3 rivers are in Russia? Volga, Don, Kama
Q5. What is a river? A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.
Q6. Name 4 creatures that live in a river or a lake. Anaconda, Arrau River Turtle, Barbel,Boutu
Q7. How long is the Thames? The River Thames is 346 km
Q8. How wide is the Thames? 250 yards wide
Q9. Which river is in Australlia (CLUE:It is the surname of our teacher in Year 3) The Murray River.
Q10. How long is the Nile? 6695 kilometers
Q11. What is a meander? A meander, in general, is a be watercourse or river
Q12. Finish the sentence: A meander turns into an oxbow lake.
Q13. Finish the sentence: An oxbow turns into an meander and forming an oxbow lake, when a flood happens.
Q14. What is a tributary? A tributary is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water.
Q15. What is an estuary? An estuary is a body of water formed where freshwater from
rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the seawater.
Ayisat, there are more answers than that!