Unit 2 Physical Geography

Isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

• Plain

• Mountain

• Lake

• Plateau

A flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground.

• Tundra

• Butte

• Reservoir

• Island

An area located at the mouth of a river.

• Estuary

• Delta

• Island

• Waterfall

A narrow strip of land connecting tow two larger land areas.

• Peninsula

• Isthmus

• Island

• Strait

A giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor.

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Tornado

Average weather conditions of an area over a period of time.

• Climate

• Precipitation

• Solstice

• Equinox

Water deposited on earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, sleet, or mist.

• River

• Lake

• Precipitation

• Waterfall

Process where earth’s surface is worn away by wind, rain,

chemicals, movements of ice, and flowing water.

• Erosion

• Weathering

Beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere

• Equinox

• Solstice

When day and night are of equal length in both hemispheres.

• Equinox

• Solstice