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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 or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
estuary
basin
piedmont
Whirlpool
2. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
pool
sandbar
plain
3. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
breakers
summit
prairie
pasture
4. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
dike
piedmont
pasture
slope
5. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
channel
knoll
earth
Vegetation
6. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
branch
timberline
stream
altitude
7. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
atoll
dell
channel
slope
8. A small sheltered inlet or bay
plain
cinder cone
swamp
cove
9. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
inlet
pier
creek
bank
10. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
keys
pool
dell
inlet
11. A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
point
Watershed
fjord
estuary
12. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
piedmont
reef
dale
stream
13. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
savanna
archipelago
hill
plain
14. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
tundra
Woods
canyon
cavern
15. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
gorge
plain
natural resource
mountain range
16. Point where a river empties and ends its course
peak
land
river mouth
slope
17. An open land free of woods and buildings
field
Waterfall
reef
right bank
18. Series of connecting mountains
mountain range
dell
strait
downstream
19. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
estuary
grove
terrace
20. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
archipelago
fall line
cave
creek
21. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
creek
canyon
ridge
peninsula
22. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
mouth
tributary
timber
terrace
23. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
breakers
pier
brink
altitude
24. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
island
summit
steppe
altitude
25. A natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface
mine
reservoir
archipelago
cave
26. Very steep - high cliff
peninsula
precipice
slope
lake
27. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
river mouth
land
soil
Vegetation
28. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
soil
cinder cone
fjord
oasis
29. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
left bank
beach
fjord
mountain range
30. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
river mouth
gulf
strait
crag
31. Smooth - rounded hill
cove
knob
tributary
current
32. A flow of moving water
gulf
river
mountain range
stream
33. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
mesa
gulch
Vale
harbor
34. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
pasture
basin
arm
peak
35. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
pond
delta
Valley
river
36. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
strait
Waves
divide
pass
37. The apparent junction of earth and sky
horizon
brook
moor
tide
38. A small wood without underbrush
fjord
ocean
grove
horizon
39. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
crag
gorge
savanna
cliff
40. Point where a river begins
cliff
river source
ocean
gulch
41. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
Volcano
peak
marsh
shoal
42. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
lake
reef
irrigated land
levee
43. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
ocean
snowline
sea level
spit
44. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
altitude
stream
estuary
snowline
45. The angular distance of something above the sea
river source
isthmus
elevation
locks
46. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
plain
channel
mountain
shoal
47. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
Volcano
pond
grove
gulch
48. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
latitude
slope
sandbar
natural resource
49. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
rapids
tide
sound
oasis
50. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
lake
keys
bank
plateau