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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. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
breakers
left bank
knob
soil
2. The land near a shore
coast
bay
altitude
branch
3. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
cinder cone
terrace
pier
ocean
4. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
crag
shore
coast
atoll
5. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
sandbar
chasm
dell
country
6. The angular distance of something above the sea
drainage basin
Wharf
elevation
divide
7. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
reservoir
archipelago
seaport
locks
8. The edge at the top of a steep place
canal
branch
brink
shore
9. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
cape
sea
Vegetation
steppe
10. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
branch
meadow
spit
mine
11. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
sea level
keys
beach
shoal
12. 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
divide
gulch
inlet
prairie
13. Growing plants
divide
Vegetation
Wharf
arm
14. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
reef
channel
timberline
pasture
15. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
reef
arm
strait
mine
16. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
crag
sandbar
keys
moor
17. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
plain
peak
brook
archipelago
18. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
delta
lagoon
cape
locks
19. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
fall line
mesa
bog
pass
20. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
arm
dune
cultivated land
hill
21. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
cliff
mesa
tableland
rapids
22. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
hill
locks
peak
gulch
23. Low land between two hills
Vale
keys
fjord
longitude
24. A hill at the foot of higher hills
foothill
canal
dike
current
25. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
dell
meadow
atoll
moor
26. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
ocean
crater
terrace
fjord
27. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
tableland
keys
bank
arm
28. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
knob
savanna
marsh
earth
29. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
marsh
brook
bog
canal
30. Body of still water smaller than a lake
canyon
pond
strait
mine
31. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
shoreline
inlet
brink
plain
32. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
fjord
timber
plateau
sound
33. A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon
peninsula
natural resource
ledge
atoll
34. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
current
grove
bayou
iceberg
35. A flow of moving water
locks
Woods
foothill
stream
36. An open land free of woods and buildings
slope
cliff
field
isthmus
37. Area of land surrounded by water
marsh
island
pool
mountain range
38. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
downstream
timber
lake
irrigated land
39. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
horizon
field
isthmus
desert
40. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
mouth
junction
marsh
Waterfall
41. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
knob
left bank
mine
island
42. Point where a river empties and ends its course
river mouth
Valley
left bank
glacier
43. Very steep - high cliff
basin
sea
glen
precipice
44. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
plateau
iceberg
sandbar
cinder cone
45. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
piedmont
timberline
bayou
iceberg
46. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
topography
ocean
creek
bank
47. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
knoll
moor
glacier
pond
48. Point where a river begins
crater
river source
Waterfall
ledge
49. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
cavern
swamp
Waves
precipice
50. Direction from which a stream is flowing
Upstream
seaport
pond
glen