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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. Very steep - high cliff
ford
sound
peak
precipice
2. Area of land surrounded by water
island
pasture
mouth
snowline
3. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
mountain range
earth
grove
tableland
4. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
canal
delta
cultivated land
glacier
5. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
rapids
downstream
dike
knoll
6. A hill at the foot of higher hills
Waves
bog
topography
foothill
7. Stream that flows into another stream
drainage basin
mountain range
tributary
left bank
8. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
branch
peak
slope
topography
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
fall line
right bank
basin
elevation
10. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
rapids
Wharf
sea level
glen
11. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
mountain
irrigated land
prairie
inlet
12. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
divide
atoll
plain
elevation
13. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
precipice
keys
rapids
country
14. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
river source
lagoon
swamp
locks
15. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
crag
meadow
sea
peninsula
16. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
canyon
coast
hill
chasm
17. An open land free of woods and buildings
lagoon
field
topography
desert
18. A small wood without underbrush
grove
tributary
lagoon
cove
19. North-south measurement of position on the earth
mouth
stream
latitude
shoal
20. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
shore
mouth
Waves
latitude
21. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
bay
lake
dike
bluff
22. An artificial passage beneath the surface of the earth
basin
Tunnel
hill
branch
23. Valley
dale
marsh
tide
precipice
24. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
dike
latitude
slope
cinder cone
25. Series of connecting mountains
cinder cone
tundra
shore
mountain range
26. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
shoal
archipelago
chasm
mountain chain
27. Chain of mountains
mountain chain
swamp
steppe
coast
28. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
knob
sea level
irrigated land
gulf
29. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
chasm
Volcano
headland
bay
30. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
arm
pasture
Vale
Watershed
31. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
dike
left bank
current
Watershed
32. An area of land covered with trees
Woods
locks
shoreline
cove
33. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
natural resource
dam
swamp
keys
34. 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
estuary
mountain
continental shelf
beach
35. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
crag
sea
isthmus
marsh
36. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
dale
arm
island
Wharf
37. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
dale
coast
Woods
beach
38. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
creek
shoal
tableland
Vegetation
39. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
dune
savanna
island
marsh
40. Creek
Vegetation
gulf
marsh
brook
41. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
river source
point
dell
glacier
42. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
altitude
mountain range
strait
keys
43. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
dale
continent
continental shelf
swamp
44. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
tributary
river
precipice
sea
45. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
pass
Volcano
archipelago
46. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
ocean
horizon
altitude
mouth
47. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
timber
Waterfall
locks
delta
48. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
knoll
pass
plateau
pier
49. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
timber
snowline
savanna
Volcano
50. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
iceberg
downstream
bay
earth