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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 large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
archipelago
sea
inlet
meadow
2. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
tributary
gulch
field
brook
3. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
strait
lagoon
seaport
iceberg
4. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
shore
junction
atoll
field
5. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
sound
crater
gorge
land
6. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
locks
bay
delta
natural resource
7. A long and rather narrow body of water - larger than a strait - connecting two large bodies of water or separating a large island from the mainland
tide
island
Upstream
sound
8. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
irrigated land
brook
shoal
canal
9. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
reef
inlet
glacier
snowline
10. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
sea
dune
sound
bog
11. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
iceberg
timberline
stream
estuary
12. Direction from which a stream is flowing
strait
dale
reef
Upstream
13. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
sandbar
timber
ridge
iceberg
14. Deep spot in a stream
pool
summit
cliff
mine
15. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
mouth
right bank
cavern
downstream
16. A flow of moving water
moor
Upstream
stream
ford
17. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
Wharf
glacier
field
timber
18. Low land between two hills
archipelago
cliff
Vale
elevation
19. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
pier
chasm
pool
steppe
20. The land near a shore
coast
fjord
current
Volcano
21. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
sea
locks
piedmont
estuary
22. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
gorge
timber
cinder cone
cultivated land
23. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
dell
pasture
breakers
latitude
24. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
continent
Tunnel
keys
Vegetation
25. A lofty elevation on the earth's surface
canal
lagoon
mountain
continent
26. 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
hill
fall line
dune
forest
27. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
peak
lake
Waterfall
fjord
28. Chain of mountains
pass
mountain chain
headland
pier
29. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
glen
bay
breakers
bank
30. 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
precipice
timber
pass
Whirlpool
31. Point where a river begins
marsh
river source
topography
strait
32. Highest part of a hill or mountain
downstream
bog
summit
hill
33. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
country
brook
dike
right bank
34. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
left bank
irrigated land
ridge
earth
35. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
soil
bank
canal
marsh
36. 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
river source
tundra
bog
ford
37. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
knoll
gulch
irrigated land
archipelago
38. Area of land surrounded by water
island
country
tableland
knoll
39. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
piedmont
chasm
canyon
levee
40. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
savanna
gorge
Waves
ledge
41. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
point
reservoir
bank
timber
42. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
tide
Volcano
peninsula
rapids
43. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
current
right bank
tributary
pass
44. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
reef
Wharf
downstream
ledge
45. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
Waterfall
downstream
bayou
grove
46. The edge at the top of a steep place
latitude
peak
brink
reef
47. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
shoal
dune
meadow
gulf
48. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
irrigated land
natural resource
downstream
snowline
49. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
pond
point
headland
keys
50. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
Vale
mouth
plateau
junction