Earth’s Bodies of Earth’s Bodies of WaterWater

Quiz Tuesday October 9, 2012:Quiz Tuesday October 9, 2012:Chapter 1 Lesson 1 vocabulary and Chapter 1 Lesson 1 vocabulary and

weathering processweathering process

Lesson Essential Lesson Essential QuestionQuestion

How are Earth’s bodies of water formed? How are Earth’s bodies of water formed?

VocabularyVocabulary tributary: smaller streams of riverstributary: smaller streams of rivers

river system: a river and its tributariesriver system: a river and its tributaries

drainage basin: land drained by a river drainage basin: land drained by a river systemsystem

StreamsStreams streams flow over land in a channelstreams flow over land in a channel

most began on high grounds among hills most began on high grounds among hills and mountainsand mountains

sources: melting snowfield, glacier, or sources: melting snowfield, glacier, or overflowing lakeoverflowing lake

StreamsStreams streams flow from high to low groundstreams flow from high to low ground

at end of stream is mouth, where it at end of stream is mouth, where it empties into another body of waterempties into another body of water

Rivers pg. 26 2Rivers pg. 26 2ndnd paragraphparagraph

What is it?What is it?broad, deep streamsbroad, deep streams

How is it formed?How is it formed?many smaller streams many smaller streams coming togethercoming together

What are tributaries?What are tributaries?smaller streamssmaller streams

What is a river What is a river system?system?

a river and its tributariesa river and its tributaries

Africa: Nile RiverAfrica: Nile River Earth’s longest riverEarth’s longest river

Fact CheckFact Check Turn and TalkTurn and Talk How long is the Nile river?How long is the Nile river? Is the Nile river longer than the Is the Nile river longer than the

Mississippi?Mississippi?

Asia: Chang Jiang or Asia: Chang Jiang or YangtzeYangtze

What happened?What happened?

Fact CheckFact Check

Think-Pair-Share:Think-Pair-Share:

Water from the Yangtze River is used to Water from the Yangtze River is used to grow about ___________% of China’s grow about ___________% of China’s ___________ crops.___________ crops.

Australia: Murray RiverAustralia: Murray River transportationtransportation

I wonder…I wonder…

Why do you think many of Australia’s rivers Why do you think many of Australia’s rivers dry up for part of the year?dry up for part of the year?

Europe: Danube RiverEurope: Danube River

North America: North America: MississippiMississippi

Mississippi RiverMississippi River barge transporting goodsbarge transporting goods

South America: AmazonSouth America: Amazon Carries more water than Mississippi, Nile Carries more water than Mississippi, Nile

and Yangtze, combinedand Yangtze, combined

RiversRivers river systems drain, or carry water away river systems drain, or carry water away

from landfrom land

drainage basindrainage basin: land drained by a river : land drained by a river systemsystem

ImportanceImportance Many of world’s first civilizations Many of world’s first civilizations

developed along rivers because they developed along rivers because they provide:provide: transportationtransportation drinking and cleaning sourcedrinking and cleaning source foodfood tradetrade energy sourceenergy source

Summarizing StrategySummarizing Strategy

How are Earth’s bodies of water How are Earth’s bodies of water formed?formed?