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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. Small - round hill or mound
drainage basin
knoll
cliff
canal
2. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
peak
sandbar
lagoon
canyon
3. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
estuary
shoal
coast
right bank
4. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
spit
altitude
piedmont
gorge
5. Low land between two hills
channel
estuary
shoal
Vale
6. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
snowline
precipice
Volcano
stream
7. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
ocean
junction
Waves
mine
8. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
headland
divide
drainage basin
timber
9. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
headland
pool
plateau
Waterfall
10. An open land free of woods and buildings
junction
terrace
dam
field
11. An area of land covered with trees
Woods
irrigated land
shoreline
Upstream
12. A small sheltered inlet or bay
cultivated land
canal
cove
sandbar
13. Stream that flows into another stream
tributary
brook
basin
gulf
14. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
glen
spit
peak
mine
15. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
Volcano
glen
timber
ridge
16. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
pool
earth
bog
lake
17. 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
keys
Watershed
point
prairie
18. 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
tide
river source
shore
fall line
19. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
peak
bay
locks
piedmont
20. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
mesa
dune
shore
altitude
21. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
mouth
savanna
tundra
river mouth
22. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
archipelago
meadow
Waterfall
horizon
23. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
left bank
lagoon
bayou
cultivated land
24. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
delta
river
archipelago
peninsula
25. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
earth
Watershed
Woods
steppe
26. The apparent junction of earth and sky
horizon
stream
Upstream
country
27. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
irrigated land
junction
sound
28. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
soil
mouth
estuary
downstream
29. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
pasture
river source
ford
atoll
30. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
isthmus
country
atoll
reservoir
31. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
plain
delta
cinder cone
slope
32. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
plain
ledge
dike
shoal
33. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
knoll
right bank
canal
lake
34. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
earth
piedmont
downstream
35. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
crater
pier
bank
shoal
36. The line where the land meets the water
Tunnel
Valley
shoreline
foothill
37. Smooth - rounded hill
knob
forest
canyon
lake
38. The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water
topography
drainage basin
crag
point
39. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
earth
junction
land
longitude
40. The land near a shore
snowline
coast
left bank
Valley
41. 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
elevation
keys
tributary
42. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
crater
shoal
Waves
43. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
point
ford
hill
spit
44. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
land
lake
tide
levee
45. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
creek
gulf
longitude
tide
46. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
canal
spit
dike
tide
47. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
point
soil
prairie
mountain
48. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
peak
gulf
rapids
downstream
49. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
precipice
gulf
Waterfall
dam
50. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
bog
archipelago
iceberg
left bank