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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 very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
cliff
sea
river source
estuary
2. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
shore
cinder cone
piedmont
archipelago
3. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
isthmus
knob
snowline
mountain range
4. Small - round hill or mound
reef
shoal
knoll
cultivated land
5. Growing plants
Vegetation
timber
current
right bank
6. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
ocean
mountain range
stream
shore
7. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
tundra
natural resource
bank
mouth
8. The edge at the top of a steep place
brink
field
bayou
pond
9. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
Vale
iceberg
elevation
arm
10. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
natural resource
shoreline
keys
mountain chain
11. A small sheltered inlet or bay
Volcano
cinder cone
stream
cove
12. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
timber
crag
topography
precipice
13. 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
shoal
Whirlpool
sea
cave
14. Series of connecting mountains
locks
tributary
desert
mountain range
15. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
bluff
summit
archipelago
brink
16. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
shoal
desert
cliff
cove
17. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
atoll
Watershed
basin
precipice
18. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
marsh
topography
horizon
lagoon
19. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
reservoir
natural resource
river
oasis
20. 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
knob
sea level
earth
fall line
21. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
chasm
river
dam
lagoon
22. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
shoal
basin
dam
mountain range
23. Deep spot in a stream
pool
ford
canal
Vale
24. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
bayou
Woods
peninsula
junction
25. Stream that flows into another stream
cultivated land
bluff
tributary
channel
26. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
reef
isthmus
pasture
bay
27. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
earth
dam
dune
mesa
28. An open land free of woods and buildings
mountain
field
continent
keys
29. The apparent junction of earth and sky
chasm
soil
shoal
horizon
30. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
rapids
forest
lagoon
foothill
31. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
ford
desert
sandbar
inlet
32. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
junction
iceberg
fall line
sea level
33. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
cinder cone
left bank
ledge
Waterfall
34. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
timber
brink
moor
savanna
35. Chain of mountains
cave
pass
mountain chain
prairie
36. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
pier
ocean
strait
downstream
37. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
ridge
cultivated land
pasture
gorge
38. 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
plain
Vegetation
mountain chain
39. Point where a river empties and ends its course
basin
soil
river mouth
Wharf
40. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
pasture
pond
chasm
moor
41. North-south measurement of position on the earth
drainage basin
latitude
savanna
ford
42. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
Volcano
sandbar
snowline
ridge
43. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
fjord
Upstream
basin
beach
44. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
Whirlpool
fjord
current
Vale
45. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
beach
mountain chain
channel
headland
46. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
Whirlpool
dike
locks
tide
47. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
sea
pasture
cultivated land
right bank
48. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
sea level
foothill
plateau
cinder cone
49. The angular distance of something above the sea
tributary
elevation
Waterfall
pond
50. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
headland
pond
irrigated land
shoal