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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. Point where a river empties and ends its course
land
tableland
river mouth
bog
2. Area of land surrounded by water
island
levee
oasis
soil
3. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
ridge
coast
drainage basin
4. An area of land covered with trees
timberline
sea level
island
Woods
5. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
pool
shore
field
estuary
6. A natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface
cliff
cave
mouth
gorge
7. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
tundra
archipelago
cove
bog
8. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
sea
meadow
locks
Valley
9. Valley
mesa
swamp
dale
Wharf
10. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
topography
point
lake
Wharf
11. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
breakers
Valley
oasis
left bank
12. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
canyon
delta
dune
peak
13. 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
Watershed
archipelago
sound
Waterfall
14. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
terrace
elevation
pier
Whirlpool
15. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
dune
prairie
hill
country
16. Growing plants
irrigated land
longitude
Vegetation
Waves
17. A bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano
brink
crater
Whirlpool
cave
18. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
divide
Valley
cliff
levee
19. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
fall line
sea level
tableland
plain
20. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
ocean
lagoon
mesa
ford
21. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
pool
isthmus
elevation
Whirlpool
22. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
country
strait
cave
desert
23. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
mouth
pass
mesa
archipelago
24. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
gulf
bank
land
ocean
25. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
field
branch
shoreline
snowline
26. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
forest
Tunnel
inlet
shoreline
27. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
hill
plateau
river
cavern
28. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
soil
Wharf
cavern
bank
29. 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
breakers
gulch
continental shelf
dale
30. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
beach
arm
dune
continent
31. Deep spot in a stream
headland
sea
pool
gorge
32. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
rapids
piedmont
dune
Upstream
33. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
glacier
snowline
dike
pasture
34. 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
forest
stream
gulch
35. The line where the land meets the water
Waves
shoreline
canal
timberline
36. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
pasture
hill
precipice
dune
37. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
pier
irrigated land
summit
natural resource
38. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
mountain
canal
shore
Wharf
39. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
reservoir
ridge
channel
knob
40. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
spit
grove
reef
steppe
41. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
hill
tide
bluff
crag
42. A high - steep bank
bluff
sea level
dune
timberline
43. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
longitude
river
channel
mine
44. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
sandbar
tundra
Valley
ridge
45. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
country
spit
right bank
peak
46. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
bluff
ford
ledge
basin
47. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
Volcano
stream
island
levee
48. Highest part of a hill or mountain
summit
ford
river mouth
branch
49. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
dale
mountain
creek
longitude
50. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
bank
keys
country
Watershed