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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. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
rapids
reef
beach
shoreline
2. West-east measurement of position on the earth
prairie
longitude
Vegetation
plain
3. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
divide
savanna
dune
shore
4. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
pond
Wharf
steppe
cavern
5. Direction from which a stream is flowing
Upstream
country
oasis
cave
6. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
ledge
tributary
bank
river mouth
7. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
fall line
cinder cone
breakers
mountain
8. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
ridge
timber
peninsula
plain
9. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
forest
downstream
brink
rapids
10. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
Valley
isthmus
ridge
marsh
11. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
estuary
ford
drainage basin
lagoon
12. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
country
delta
arm
rapids
13. A line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of the river
fall line
horizon
peak
bank
14. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
hill
tableland
branch
oasis
15. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
plain
Vale
Valley
rapids
16. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
Vegetation
chasm
topography
glen
17. Fertile spot within a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation
canyon
arm
oasis
precipice
18. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
lagoon
bank
current
pond
19. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
branch
Wharf
island
slope
20. Creek
brook
dune
mesa
reef
21. Area of land surrounded by water
crag
forest
keys
island
22. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
chasm
snowline
rapids
23. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
chasm
cove
Woods
bay
24. Stream that flows into another stream
seaport
dike
tributary
coast
25. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
gulf
ledge
Vegetation
dale
26. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
shoreline
sea
desert
swamp
27. A flow of moving water
tableland
stream
canyon
right bank
28. An open land free of woods and buildings
locks
mine
channel
field
29. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
river source
delta
isthmus
irrigated land
30. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
pool
oasis
Waterfall
keys
31. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
summit
continental shelf
tableland
land
32. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
land
Upstream
savanna
shoal
33. The land near a shore
drainage basin
pasture
coast
marsh
34. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
irrigated land
isthmus
divide
natural resource
35. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
left bank
beach
pass
swamp
36. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
irrigated land
iceberg
Waves
dam
37. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
divide
headland
Tunnel
branch
38. Smooth - rounded hill
river source
cliff
knob
snowline
39. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
bayou
river
dam
junction
40. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
beach
delta
piedmont
river source
41. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
land
reservoir
seaport
hill
42. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
atoll
altitude
foothill
inlet
43. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
cave
coast
ford
field
44. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
mountain
breakers
channel
junction
45. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
irrigated land
bank
mouth
terrace
46. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
current
Whirlpool
soil
moor
47. Low land between two hills
Vale
drainage basin
harbor
cavern
48. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
reservoir
river
Wharf
49. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
bayou
atoll
dune
land
50. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
pasture
crag
bluff
summit