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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. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
glen
cavern
field
timber
2. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
creek
piedmont
cave
Valley
3. Growing plants
timberline
harbor
Vegetation
chasm
4. A secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf
slope
bank
mouth
dell
5. Russian term for mid-latitude
steppe
slope
reservoir
summit
6. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
pasture
spit
earth
inlet
7. The edge at the top of a steep place
slope
brink
meadow
precipice
8. Very steep - high cliff
precipice
summit
divide
ocean
9. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
cultivated land
shoreline
sandbar
bank
10. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
headland
bank
Upstream
basin
11. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
savanna
downstream
prairie
12. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
right bank
summit
Watershed
marsh
13. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
harbor
latitude
canal
terrace
14. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
brink
mine
country
mouth
15. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
irrigated land
island
harbor
rapids
16. A hill at the foot of higher hills
foothill
topography
irrigated land
tundra
17. The line where the land meets the water
continental shelf
creek
shoreline
shore
18. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
keys
mouth
bay
lake
19. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
continent
shoreline
Valley
dam
20. An embankment beside a stream to prevent overflow.
bluff
levee
iceberg
glacier
21. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
slope
reef
bay
ford
22. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
channel
strait
left bank
sea
23. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
ford
lake
glacier
land
24. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
chasm
glen
bay
25. 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
cape
Upstream
Whirlpool
snowline
26. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
peninsula
seaport
Watershed
river mouth
27. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
mountain
glacier
meadow
mountain range
28. Chain of mountains
mountain chain
peak
latitude
slope
29. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
marsh
gorge
inlet
arm
30. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
natural resource
knoll
lagoon
harbor
31. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
topography
junction
continental shelf
creek
32. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
pasture
country
topography
shoal
33. 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
river source
Waves
prairie
gulf
34. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
dale
chasm
keys
fjord
35. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
soil
shore
arm
headland
36. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
iceberg
junction
slope
latitude
37. Stream that flows into another stream
meadow
land
tributary
lake
38. Series of connecting mountains
mountain range
divide
sandbar
grove
39. Direction from which a stream is flowing
elevation
Upstream
headland
downstream
40. 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
levee
field
beach
41. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
tributary
timberline
brink
bayou
42. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
plain
channel
coast
reef
43. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
pool
tide
seaport
pond
44. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
canal
knoll
reservoir
levee
45. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
topography
cavern
natural resource
timber
46. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
prairie
chasm
shore
isthmus
47. Low land between two hills
Vale
glacier
timberline
beach
48. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
river
Woods
ford
rapids
49. The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water
bog
fall line
drainage basin
inlet
50. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
branch
island
prairie
sea