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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. An area of land covered with trees
soil
Woods
creek
Vegetation
2. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
cape
glacier
Valley
island
3. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
timberline
meadow
creek
harbor
4. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
reservoir
delta
branch
altitude
5. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
bluff
meadow
bank
tide
6. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
creek
knoll
sea level
keys
7. A harbor or dock for large ships where materials can be loaded or unloaded
river
ocean
seaport
forest
8. Body of still water smaller than a lake
slope
pond
sea level
shore
9. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
Waterfall
keys
river source
10. Stream that flows into another stream
tributary
mountain
meadow
gulf
11. Direction from which a stream is flowing
timber
Upstream
inlet
cave
12. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
dune
strait
chasm
summit
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
grove
sound
tide
tableland
14. A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon
iceberg
atoll
headland
gulf
15. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
mountain
reservoir
forest
earth
16. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
cliff
peninsula
savanna
cove
17. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
cliff
current
arm
reservoir
18. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
field
Wharf
iceberg
19. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
cinder cone
moor
ocean
lagoon
20. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
divide
desert
coast
steppe
21. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
crater
desert
river source
bank
22. The line where the land meets the water
headland
dam
shoreline
pond
23. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
plain
creek
hill
atoll
24. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
latitude
oasis
downstream
moor
25. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
dike
altitude
Vale
irrigated land
26. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
mouth
mountain
rapids
Whirlpool
27. 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
isthmus
marsh
fall line
pass
28. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
point
cinder cone
branch
headland
29. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
mine
pasture
peninsula
reservoir
30. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
shore
river mouth
drainage basin
elevation
31. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
cinder cone
right bank
gulf
lagoon
32. Growing plants
left bank
current
sandbar
Vegetation
33. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
mesa
slope
irrigated land
creek
34. The angular distance of something above the sea
mountain
gorge
elevation
crater
35. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
natural resource
dam
gulf
brook
36. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
reef
spit
timberline
country
37. The apparent junction of earth and sky
pasture
horizon
chasm
spit
38. Series of connecting mountains
Valley
mountain range
crater
spit
39. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
strait
prairie
Volcano
Valley
40. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
hill
branch
pool
Valley
41. Area of land surrounded by water
continental shelf
peninsula
island
bank
42. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
reef
shoal
knoll
pasture
43. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
sandbar
seaport
glen
breakers
44. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
knoll
beach
shoal
horizon
45. A hill at the foot of higher hills
swamp
foothill
plain
harbor
46. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
bank
tableland
pass
peak
47. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
arm
strait
spit
snowline
48. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
tableland
peak
plateau
grove
49. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
inlet
moor
locks
ford
50. Deep spot in a stream
dike
pool
divide
downstream