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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. Smooth - rounded hill
pond
knob
fall line
mouth
2. Chain of mountains
cavern
mountain chain
fall line
river mouth
3. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
coast
soil
reservoir
river source
4. Russian term for mid-latitude
divide
mountain chain
plateau
steppe
5. A high - steep bank
canyon
timber
gulf
bluff
6. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
branch
ocean
levee
timber
7. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
gulf
dale
mouth
altitude
8. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
sound
island
headland
channel
9. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
strait
bay
lagoon
gulf
10. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
cavern
meadow
dell
archipelago
11. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
seaport
marsh
canal
Waterfall
12. Highest part of a hill or mountain
savanna
summit
moor
terrace
13. Stream that flows into another stream
ridge
pier
tributary
mine
14. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
bog
dam
branch
harbor
15. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
plateau
continent
dike
timberline
16. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
gulch
moor
pond
Valley
17. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
timber
arm
mountain range
beach
18. 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
river mouth
meadow
continental shelf
tributary
19. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
iceberg
timber
glen
continent
20. 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
pier
sound
channel
elevation
21. Low land between two hills
tributary
breakers
Vale
chasm
22. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
plateau
peninsula
mouth
latitude
23. 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
Whirlpool
river
pond
longitude
24. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
branch
cape
crater
brink
25. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
desert
bayou
oasis
keys
26. Valley
snowline
bog
shore
dale
27. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
drainage basin
dell
stream
breakers
28. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
piedmont
river
bluff
canal
29. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
breakers
ridge
peak
Woods
30. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
Waterfall
inlet
Whirlpool
harbor
31. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
terrace
harbor
ocean
divide
32. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
mountain range
reef
river
chasm
33. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
sandbar
headland
arm
cliff
34. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
brink
bay
right bank
cavern
35. A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
locks
oasis
fjord
precipice
36. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
dune
timberline
earth
elevation
37. Very steep - high cliff
snowline
horizon
forest
precipice
38. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dam
isthmus
dune
dell
39. North-south measurement of position on the earth
tundra
earth
latitude
brink
40. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
iceberg
gulf
tide
current
41. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
cavern
elevation
Vale
42. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
continental shelf
timberline
steppe
cliff
43. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
cavern
pasture
ledge
bank
44. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
harbor
gulf
mine
moor
45. A flow of moving water
stream
Woods
channel
field
46. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
Volcano
continental shelf
dam
natural resource
47. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
archipelago
lake
estuary
rapids
48. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
glacier
plateau
tide
cape
49. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
delta
sea
reef
ridge
50. A harbor or dock for large ships where materials can be loaded or unloaded
point
seaport
knoll
divide