River and Stream Components

The start of a river is called the what?

• River Channel

• Headwaters

• Tributary

• River mouth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river starts very small before getting larger. What is the name given to a small river that joins a larger river?

• Confluence
• Tribunal
• Tributary
• Joiner

A meander is best described as ...

• A straight section of the river.
• A winding section of a lake.
• A section of the river that joins another river.
• A winding section of a river.

This type of curve is most likely to create an Oxbow lake. What type of curve is it?

• Craneneck Curve

• Oxbow Curve

• Gooseneck Curve

• Sharp Curve

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?

• Levee
• Delta
• Floodplain
• Meander

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In a meander, where can you expect to have erosion and thus the formation of the cutbank?

• Inside the curve

• Outside the curve

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the name of the point where a river ends?

• Tributary
• Water Shed
• Confluence
• Mouth 

What is a delta?

• area of water

• fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream
• slope of land
• sediments deposited at a river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which zone is described by a broad, nearly flat valley where a delta may be formed?

• Headwaters

• Depositional zone

• Transfer zone

• Riparian zone

What does this image show?

• Oxbow Lake
• Headwaters
• Runoff
• Delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4