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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 stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
Waterfall
island
bog
Vegetation
2. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
ocean
peak
steppe
breakers
3. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
dale
fjord
harbor
pond
4. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
forest
continent
canal
latitude
5. Valley
pier
atoll
dale
Wharf
6. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
Upstream
Watershed
beach
current
7. A small wood without underbrush
slope
forest
grove
pool
8. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
junction
shore
irrigated land
natural resource
9. 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
gorge
sea level
fall line
slope
10. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
Vegetation
crag
continental shelf
ford
11. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
ocean
canal
cove
delta
12. Deep spot in a stream
pool
Waterfall
fall line
continental shelf
13. A high - steep bank
sandbar
plain
bluff
mountain chain
14. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
reservoir
cave
harbor
cinder cone
15. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
latitude
Waterfall
basin
knob
16. West-east measurement of position on the earth
left bank
archipelago
hill
longitude
17. A hill at the foot of higher hills
Woods
foothill
mountain range
oasis
18. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
point
shoal
downstream
bluff
19. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
meadow
Waves
country
breakers
20. Low land between two hills
sound
latitude
drainage basin
Vale
21. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
Watershed
mountain
mine
mountain chain
22. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
downstream
peak
spit
Vale
23. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
cave
dune
natural resource
cavern
24. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
lagoon
sound
land
rapids
25. A small sheltered inlet or bay
cove
pier
altitude
knob
26. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
stream
Wharf
keys
branch
27. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
soil
glacier
cave
desert
28. Creek
spit
brook
slope
dam
29. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
peninsula
shore
divide
delta
30. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
mouth
atoll
bayou
Valley
31. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
bay
steppe
land
sea level
32. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
iceberg
shoreline
peak
sandbar
33. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
fjord
shore
gorge
plain
34. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
cinder cone
tableland
mouth
dell
35. Any place where water flows in a small circle usually caused by the current of a stream striking a bank or by two currents meeting
sea level
point
latitude
Whirlpool
36. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
sandbar
marsh
ford
peak
37. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
natural resource
downstream
stream
pass
38. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
terrace
hill
country
lake
39. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
tableland
swamp
knoll
dam
40. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
dell
plateau
stream
terrace
41. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
field
left bank
gulf
prairie
42. 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
shoreline
pasture
crater
43. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
hill
crater
river
atoll
44. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
brook
island
channel
lagoon
45. Wet - spongy ground; especially: a poor drained - usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material - frequently surrounding a body of open water - and having a characteristic flora
bog
crater
mouth
sea
46. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
hill
levee
forest
earth
47. The edge at the top of a steep place
brink
Waves
sandbar
Upstream
48. Area of land surrounded by water
pool
island
cave
dam
49. Highest part of a hill or mountain
marsh
summit
foothill
reef
50. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
sea
reef
pass
cinder cone