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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. Body of still water smaller than a lake
timberline
crag
pond
point
2. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
ocean
prairie
knoll
keys
3. A high - steep bank
Watershed
cape
bluff
river mouth
4. 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
marsh
latitude
Whirlpool
beach
5. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
mountain chain
terrace
moor
Wharf
6. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
left bank
marsh
moor
crag
7. The edge at the top of a steep place
hill
snowline
brink
foothill
8. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
sea
timber
cultivated land
estuary
9. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
meadow
cultivated land
bank
10. A lofty elevation on the earth's surface
mesa
mountain
cave
lake
11. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
Watershed
estuary
bank
earth
12. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
dell
pasture
downstream
river
13. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
soil
island
headland
cinder cone
14. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
harbor
glen
headland
piedmont
15. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
topography
Valley
iceberg
forest
16. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
sea
junction
pond
spit
17. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
Upstream
cavern
desert
latitude
18. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
mountain chain
atoll
Waterfall
ocean
19. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
arm
altitude
harbor
cinder cone
20. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
dike
drainage basin
sandbar
tributary
21. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
hill
levee
gulf
Valley
22. A secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf
shoreline
dell
Upstream
moor
23. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
dike
precipice
country
sandbar
24. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
bay
Woods
shoal
sound
25. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
gorge
channel
branch
prairie
26. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
continent
knoll
country
river source
27. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
Tunnel
beach
Watershed
ledge
28. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
junction
peninsula
bluff
grove
29. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
beach
breakers
divide
ocean
30. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
snowline
fall line
pool
current
31. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
atoll
marsh
dam
reservoir
32. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
mountain
mesa
pass
natural resource
33. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
delta
tableland
cinder cone
natural resource
34. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
inlet
knoll
hill
dune
35. A conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent
Vale
snowline
right bank
cinder cone
36. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
continent
headland
latitude
iceberg
37. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
headland
cape
hill
altitude
38. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
bay
reef
atoll
fjord
39. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
mine
Upstream
dell
latitude
40. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
horizon
archipelago
canyon
elevation
41. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
prairie
peninsula
timber
Upstream
42. A shallow submarine plane of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor
irrigated land
downstream
oasis
continental shelf
43. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
forest
pool
archipelago
mouth
44. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
sound
elevation
river source
ocean
45. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
tundra
bay
longitude
tableland
46. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
natural resource
sea level
coast
locks
47. A bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano
pool
canal
crater
knoll
48. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
basin
crag
dam
branch
49. A flow of moving water
dam
tableland
stream
dell
50. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
river source
swamp
Valley
mouth