This quiz addresses part of the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2 in Geography. Specifically it looks at water features found on Earth, such as oceans, seas, lakes and rivers. It is one of 50 quizzes to help you understand the world around you.
More of the Earth is covered by water than by land. Nearly all this water is in seas and oceans. But some of the water is in lakes and rivers. Sea water is salty. It is sometimes called brine. The water in lakes and rivers is called freshwater. Freshwater is not salty. Let’s learn a bit more about the water found on our planet.
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What are the names of the 5 oceans?
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Salty seawater is sometimes called brine
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Freshwater is not always clean
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The Scottish word for a lake is loch. In Ireland it is lough (sounds like loch). In Wales it is llyn
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Streams run into rivers
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In Scotland another word for a stream is burn. In some parts of the north of England it is burn or beck
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In Scotland, there are big estuaries called firths. Can you find these four firths on a map of Scotland? - Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, Firth of Tay, and Solway Firth
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Can you trace the route of the Nile right through Africa on a map? Where does it start? Where does it reach the sea?
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The Amazon is one of the longest rivers in the world
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The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world
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