Chapter 1 Lesson 1

A strip of land that extends from a larger piece of land

• Panhandle

• Sea level

• Peninsula

A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

• Sea level

• Strait

• Wetlands

Land nearly surrounded by water

• Peninsula

• Sea level

• Limestone

The height of the ocean

• Limestone

• Wetlands

• Sea level

Forms from minerals in seawater

• Limestone

• Barrier island

• Strait

Areas where water sits in the surface for part or all of the year, covering the roots of the plants

• Barrier Island

• Wetlands

• Strait

Long narrow islands that lie just off the coast. They protect the mainland from the force of the ocean waves

• Peninsula

• Barrier islands

• Limestone