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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. The line where the land meets the water
Watershed
brink
shoreline
plateau
2. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
iceberg
divide
continent
bay
3. Stream that flows into another stream
Volcano
tributary
island
downstream
4. An open land free of woods and buildings
delta
glen
peninsula
field
5. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
timber
delta
cavern
continent
6. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
Vegetation
rapids
canal
Whirlpool
7. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
mesa
river
mountain chain
left bank
8. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
cavern
tundra
terrace
crag
9. Growing plants
marsh
glacier
breakers
Vegetation
10. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
continent
canyon
drainage basin
junction
11. Deep spot in a stream
pool
foothill
savanna
peak
12. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
pasture
lagoon
canyon
precipice
13. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
piedmont
meadow
terrace
Waterfall
14. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
tundra
peak
spit
earth
15. North-south measurement of position on the earth
pass
latitude
land
grove
16. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
meadow
mountain chain
bayou
pass
17. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
chasm
forest
estuary
gulf
18. Smooth - rounded hill
knob
river mouth
drainage basin
mountain
19. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
current
gorge
knoll
point
20. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
chasm
right bank
pier
dell
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
cape
brink
estuary
swamp
22. A hill at the foot of higher hills
grove
foothill
shoal
mouth
23. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
drainage basin
island
soil
brook
24. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
timberline
cape
terrace
country
25. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
seaport
mesa
precipice
peak
26. A flow of moving water
soil
point
Waterfall
stream
27. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
channel
canal
pasture
prairie
28. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
mountain
strait
cinder cone
peak
29. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
sea
dam
mountain
breakers
30. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
right bank
mountain
pool
headland
31. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
lake
mountain range
mountain chain
bank
32. Point where a river begins
river source
island
inlet
irrigated land
33. Very steep - high cliff
precipice
desert
cinder cone
shore
34. Creek
brook
point
fall line
moor
35. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
archipelago
Upstream
right bank
lake
36. The land near a shore
bayou
coast
slope
spit
37. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
shoreline
right bank
tide
topography
38. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
savanna
coast
bayou
channel
39. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
lagoon
arm
cavern
land
40. Chain of mountains
inlet
savanna
Volcano
mountain chain
41. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
shoreline
keys
cove
isthmus
42. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
mountain chain
pasture
dune
rapids
43. The apparent junction of earth and sky
horizon
Waves
mouth
downstream
44. The angular distance of something above the sea
elevation
lagoon
peninsula
isthmus
45. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
Whirlpool
brink
tributary
ledge
46. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
mouth
crag
continental shelf
tundra
47. 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
breakers
river
shoal
prairie
48. Highest part of a hill or mountain
cave
point
summit
river source
49. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
summit
slope
snowline
sea level
50. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
divide
dam
pass
downstream