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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. Growing plants
cliff
mountain
iceberg
Vegetation
2. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
channel
ledge
dike
spit
3. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
Valley
junction
hill
elevation
4. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
Vegetation
pass
basin
cultivated land
5. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
moor
branch
longitude
locks
6. Stream that flows into another stream
mountain range
brook
field
tributary
7. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
shoal
drainage basin
breakers
strait
8. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
point
locks
desert
lake
9. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
divide
savanna
piedmont
reef
10. Point where a river begins
river source
fjord
brook
meadow
11. A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon
knoll
atoll
mountain
channel
12. Deep spot in a stream
harbor
river
pool
terrace
13. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
cliff
pier
terrace
fall line
14. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
archipelago
river source
ledge
brink
15. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
field
gulch
country
delta
16. The angular distance of something above the sea
cinder cone
elevation
cape
Valley
17. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
fjord
keys
sea level
glacier
18. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
branch
current
headland
cultivated land
19. Creek
left bank
brook
current
rapids
20. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
altitude
cinder cone
mountain chain
left bank
21. The land near a shore
basin
precipice
lake
coast
22. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
Volcano
savanna
shore
brook
23. A secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf
tide
dell
hill
branch
24. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
branch
dam
fjord
topography
25. A bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano
stream
crater
grove
brink
26. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
snowline
island
sound
foothill
27. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
dam
slope
fjord
piedmont
28. A high - steep bank
altitude
reservoir
estuary
bluff
29. Chain of mountains
forest
knoll
reef
mountain chain
30. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
piedmont
pond
brook
beach
31. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
grove
dune
plateau
isthmus
32. Point where a river empties and ends its course
latitude
timber
river mouth
spit
33. Valley
terrace
dale
Waves
pasture
34. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
headland
oasis
pasture
ocean
35. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
point
bog
shoal
Whirlpool
36. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
coast
irrigated land
sandbar
dune
37. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
inlet
Wharf
irrigated land
Vegetation
38. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
dell
lake
summit
Volcano
39. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
plain
topography
mountain chain
knoll
40. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
downstream
branch
timberline
oasis
41. The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water
branch
chasm
drainage basin
plateau
42. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
land
sandbar
canal
pool
43. North-south measurement of position on the earth
latitude
natural resource
Valley
strait
44. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
Wharf
reservoir
Waterfall
iceberg
45. A hill at the foot of higher hills
foothill
cave
basin
longitude
46. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
dune
elevation
grove
locks
47. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
terrace
river
foothill
ford
48. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
sea
estuary
ocean
natural resource
49. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
river source
river
Volcano
ocean
50. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
Waterfall
brook
isthmus
pier