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Geography
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Subject
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geography
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
continent
creek
ocean
bayou
2. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
foothill
gorge
island
desert
3. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
headland
ocean
topography
Waves
4. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
crater
glacier
mountain range
chasm
5. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
bank
strait
gulf
pass
6. Deep spot in a stream
pool
lake
country
dune
7. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
pier
canyon
basin
bluff
8. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
gulch
Whirlpool
Watershed
point
9. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
slope
pass
continent
tableland
10. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
reef
timberline
dell
mountain chain
11. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
Tunnel
sea
channel
sea level
12. North-south measurement of position on the earth
strait
Waterfall
pasture
latitude
13. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
latitude
mine
current
river mouth
14. A small sheltered inlet or bay
cove
sea
glacier
river
15. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
continental shelf
cape
altitude
divide
16. A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
seaport
fjord
plain
marsh
17. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
point
current
peak
moor
18. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
marsh
dune
topography
junction
19. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
dike
elevation
cultivated land
horizon
20. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
terrace
locks
continental shelf
atoll
21. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
sound
brink
estuary
mesa
22. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
Watershed
sandbar
natural resource
current
23. A steep - rugged rock or cliff
latitude
crag
beach
altitude
24. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
pasture
river mouth
coast
headland
25. Any natural grassland but usually used to describe the vast areas of level or rolling land without trees in the central part of the United States
sandbar
pass
spit
prairie
26. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
field
glen
terrace
grove
27. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
levee
mine
branch
inlet
28. Low land between two hills
bog
Vale
topography
spit
29. A small wood without underbrush
bay
grove
peninsula
atoll
30. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
ocean
beach
timber
sandbar
31. Growing plants
left bank
branch
spit
Vegetation
32. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
cave
arm
estuary
crater
33. Highest part of a hill or mountain
reservoir
summit
basin
island
34. The edge at the top of a steep place
brink
junction
right bank
drainage basin
35. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
channel
elevation
headland
reef
36. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
seaport
slope
isthmus
brook
37. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
cultivated land
rapids
ledge
continental shelf
38. Smooth - rounded hill
rapids
precipice
knob
creek
39. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
branch
ridge
mountain
altitude
40. A flow of moving water
earth
summit
stream
sound
41. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
latitude
dam
shoreline
continent
42. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
estuary
cultivated land
creek
peak
43. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
right bank
Waterfall
harbor
river source
44. A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon
creek
cinder cone
atoll
reef
45. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
beach
tide
pier
terrace
46. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
moor
shoreline
swamp
mouth
47. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
cinder cone
breakers
prairie
topography
48. A shallow submarine plane of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor
continental shelf
creek
Woods
atoll
49. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
moor
oasis
reef
downstream
50. An artificial passage beneath the surface of the earth
summit
tundra
knoll
Tunnel