Rivers and Streams

An area which drains into a common river system.

• watershed
• tributary
• drainage divide
• riparian zone

As the current in a stream becomes stronger, what will happen to its erosional power?

• it will increase
• it will decrease
• it will stay the same
• it will increase then decrease

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

part of a stream where the water slows down, often with water deeper than the surrounding areas, which is usable by fish for resting and cover.

• benthos

• biodiversity

• Channel

• pools

• ephemeral

the flat land on both sides of a stream, into which the stream’s extra water spreads during a flood.

• first-order stream

• flood plain

• head waters

• indicator species

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the high ground where precipitation first collects and flows downhill in tiny trickles too small to create a permanent channel; where spring water flows from an aquifer and starts streams.

• head waters

• indicator species

• mussels

• point-source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the part of a body of water continuously moving in a certain direction.

• channel

• current

• ephemeral

• first-order stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A ________________ is the starting point of the river.

• source

• triutaries

• mouth

• drainage basin

The place where the river pours (THROWS UP) into the ocean or large lake is called the ___________.

• source

• tributaries

• mouth

• drainage basin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4