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Total questions: 151

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Name
Class
Date
1.

The elevation of an object in relationship to a given plane, often sea level. What is the term?

a)

Altitude

b)

Arm

c)

Atoll

d)

Bay

2.

A body of water interspersed with many isles. What is the term?

a)

Archipelago

b)

Atoll

c)

Bayou

d)

Bog

3.

A long, narrow passage of water; a creek.

a)

Arm

b)

Branch

c)

Stream

d)

River

4.

A ring-shaped coral reef, island, or set of small islands nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon. What is the term?

a)

Atoll

b)

Bay

c)

Beach

d)

Harbor

5.

A steep slope of ground rising from a lake, a river, or the sea. What is the term?

a)

Bank

b)

Atoll

c)

Bayou

d)

River

6.

A hollow place for water; an enclosed part for water. forming a broad space within a strait or narrow entrance. What is the term

a)

Basin

b)

Bayou

c)

river

d)

cavern

7.

An arm of the sea, extending into the land, smaller than a gulf and larger than a creek. What is the term?

a)

Bay

b)

Bayou

c)

Lake

d)

Pond

8.

A soggy, swampy, slow-moving body of water obstructed by vegetation. What is the term?

a)

Bayou

b)

Bay

c)

Gulf

d)

Basin

9.

The shore of the sea or of a lake, washed b the tide and waves. What is the term?

a)

Beach

b)

Coast

c)

Shore

d)

Shoreline

10.

A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea. What is the term?

a)

Bluff

b)

Bog

c)

Cove

d)

Coast

11.

Soft, wet ground covered in grass or other plants, too soft to bear a man. What is the term?

a)

Bog

b)

Bluff

c)

Bayou

d)

Marsh

12.

A smaller stream running into a larger one or proceeding from it. What is the term?

a)

Branch

b)

Arm

c)

Bay

d)

channel

13.

A rock that breaks the waves; a wave that breaks against a rock, a sand bank, or the shore, exhibiting a white foam. What is the term?

a)

Breakers

b)

Cove

c)

Coast

d)

Beach

14.

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice or the bank of a river. What is the term?

a)

Brink

b)

Brook

c)

Basin

d)

Bog

15.

A small natural stream of water; a current flowing from a spring. What is the term?

a)

Brook

b)

Canal

c)

Stream

d)

Arm

16.

An artificial cut or passage for water used for transportation. What is the term?

a)

Canal

b)

Cape

c)

Channel

d)

Strait

17.

A long deep hollow with steep, rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water

a)

Canyon

b)

Cave

c)

Cavern

d)

Chasm

18.

A head land; the head, point, or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea beyond the common shore. What is the term?

a)

Cape

b)

Isthmus

c)

Sound

d)

Shore

19.

A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den; maybe natural or artificial. What is the term?

a)

Cave

b)

Cavern

c)

Crag

d)

Cove

20.

A deep, naturally hollow place in the earth deeper than a cave. What is the term?

a)

Cavern

b)

Cave

c)

Crag

d)

Chasm

21.

An arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea between two continents or between a continent and a isle. What is the term?

a)

Channel

b)

Arm

c)

River

d)

Stream

22.

A cleft or fissure in a rock or the earth's surface caused by a disrupture. What is the term?

a)

Chasm

b)

Cliff

c)

Coast

d)

Crater

23.

A cone-shaped hill of volcanic material surrounding an opening in the earth. What is the term?

a)

Cinder cone

b)

Volcano

c)

Crag

d)

Cliff

24.

A high, steep almost vertical rock, usually on a coast. What is the term?

a)

Cliff

b)

Coast

c)

ledge

d)

Mesa

25.

The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the seashore. What is the term?

a)

Coast

b)

Shore

c)

Shoreline

d)

shoal

26.

A great extent of land, not disjoined or interrupted by a sea. What is the term?

a)

Continent

b)

Continental shelf

c)

Estuary

d)

Arm

27.

The edge of a continent that is submerged in water. What is the term?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continent

c)

Crag

d)

Cliff

28.

Any tract of land or inhabited land; any region, as distinguished from other regions; a kingdom, state, or lesser district. What is the term?

a)

Country

b)

meadow

c)

Field

d)

Plain

29.

A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken rock or point of rock. What is the term?

a)

Crag

b)

Cliff

c)

Cove

d)

Bay

30.

The aperture or mouth of a volcano. What is the term?

a)

Crater

b)

Cinder-cone

c)

Volcano

d)

Natural resource

31.

A small inlet; a recess in the shore of the sea or of a river; a small stream. What is the term?

a)

Creek

b)

Stream

c)

Arm

d)

River

32.

Land prepared for crops. What is the term?

a)

Cultivated land

b)

Soil

c)

Meadow

d)

Plain

33.

A flowing or passing of water a stream; a steam. What is the term?

a)

Current

b)

Up stram

c)

Stream

d)

River

34.

A low place between hills; a vale or valley. What is the term?

a)

Dale

b)

Hill

c)

Land

d)

Foot Hill

35.

A bank or mound of earth; any wall or a frame of wood raised to obstruct a current of water of water. What is the term?

a)

Dam

b)

Dell

c)

Delta

d)

Groove

36.

A small vale of woods. What is the term?

a)

Dell

b)

Glen

c)

Woods

d)

Forest

37.

An area of triangular shaped land located at the mouth of a main river from which distributes flow. What is the term?

a)

Delta

b)

River Mouth

c)

Mouth

d)

Stream.

38.

A vast sandy plain characterized by minimal precipitation and plant growth. What is the term?

a)

Desert

b)

Oasis

c)

Plain

d)

Headland

39.

A ditch; a mound of earth, stones, or other materials, intended to prevent low lands from being inundated by a sea or river. What is the term?

a)

Dike

b)

Plain

c)

Hill

d)

Dune

40.

A ridge that determines the direction water drains for adjacent water systems; a watershed. What is the terms?

a)

Divide

b)

Mountain range

c)

Mountain

d)

Mountain Chain

41.

The direction a river flows, flowing with the current. What term is this?

a)

Downstream

b)

Up Stream

c)

Left Bank

d)

Right Bank

42.

Area drained by a river and it's tributaries; a watershed. What is the term?

a)

Drainage Basin

b)

Whirlpool

c)

Lagoon

d)

Lake

43.

Hill, mound, or ridge of sand formed by wind. What is the term?

a)

Dune

b)

Hill

c)

Field

d)

Fjord

44.

The terraqueous planet we inhabit. What is the term?

a)

Earth

b)

Island

c)

Continent

d)

Land

45.

Elevated ground; a rising ground; a hill or mountain. What is the term?

a)

Elevation

b)

Laditude

c)

Longitude

d)

Horizon

46.

An arm of the sea; the mouth of a river or lake where the tide meets the current. What is the term?

a)

Estuary

b)

Arm

c)

Bay

d)

River Mouth

47.

The point where rivers descend rapidly due to distinct decline in elevation. What is the term?

a)

Fall line

b)

Waterfall

c)

Hill

d)

River

48.

A piece of land enclosed for tillage or pasture. What is the term?

a)

Field

b)

Land

c)

Pasture

d)

Prairie

49.

A long, narrow, deep valley formed by glacial erosion and flooded by ocean water. What is the term?

a)

Fjord

b)

Chasm

c)

Gulch

d)

Gorge

50.

A hill at the base of a mountain. What is the term?

a)

Foothill

b)

Dune

c)

Dike

d)

Forest

51.

A place in a river or other water where it may be passed by man or beast on foot or by wading. What is the term?

a)

Ford

b)

Fjord

c)

RIver

d)

Arm

52.

An extensive wood;a large tract of land covered with trees. What is the term?

a)

Forest

b)

Grove

c)

Woods

d)

Savannah

53.

A field or immense mass of ice formed in deep but elevated valleys, remaining frozen throughout the heat of summer. What is the term?

a)

Glacier

b)

Tundra

c)

Iceberg

54.

A valley; a dale, a space between depression or space between hills. What is the term?

a)

Glen

b)

Gluch

c)

Gorge

d)

Valley

55.

A narrow hollow with steep, rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water. What is the term?

a)

Gorge

b)

Valley

c)

Gulch

d)

Hill

56.

A small wood extent. What is the term?

a)

Grove

b)

Woods

c)

Forest

57.

A small, narrow hollow with steep walls worn by a stream or torrent of water.

a)

Gulch

b)

Gorge

58.

A recess in the ocean from the general line of the shore into the land; a tract of water extending from the ocean or a sea into the land between two points or promontories; a large bay. What is the term?

a)

Gulf

b)

Bay

c)

Ocean

d)

Sea

59.

A port haven for ships; a bay or inlet of the sea where ships can moor. What is the term?

a)

Harbor

b)

Isthmus

c)

Gulf

d)

Levee

60.

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea or other expanse of water. What is the term?

a)

Headland

b)

Cape

c)

Isthmus

d)

Keys

61.

A natural elevation of land; a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land. What is the term?

a)

Hill

b)

Dale

c)

Valley

d)

Dune

62.

The line that terminates the view when extended on the surface of the earth. What is the term?

a)

Horizon

b)

Longitude

c)

Latitude

d)

Earth

63.

A hill or mountain of ice; a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latitudes. What is the term?

a)

Iceberg

b)

Tundra

c)

Glacier

64.

A bay or recess in the shore of the sea, a lake, or a large river; a narrow body of water between isle. What is the term?

a)

Inlet

b)

Bay

c)

Ocean

d)

Sea

65.

Land watered by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it. What is the term?

a)

Irrigated land

b)

Land

c)

Cultivated land

66.

A tract of land surrounded by water. What is the term?

a)

Island

b)

Atoll

c)

Archipelago

d)

Strait

67.

A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland.

a)

Isthmus

b)

Spit

68.

The place or point of union. What is the term?

a)

Junction

b)

Cape

c)

Headland

69.

A change or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of water; a cay. What is the term?

a)

Keys

b)

Delta

c)

Dam

d)

Hill

70.

A round hill or mount. What is the term?

a)

Knob

b)

Knoll

c)

Hill

d)

Dune

71.

The top or crown of a hill; a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth. What is the term?

a)

Knoll

b)

Knob

c)

Hill

72.

An enclosed or partially enclosed shallow body of salt water divided from the ocean by low sandy dunes or a coral reef.

a)

Lagoon

b)

Atoll

c)

Reef

73.

A large and extensive collection of water contained in a cavity or hollow of the earth. What is the term?

a)

Lake

b)

Bay

c)

Inlet

d)

Lagoon

74.

Earth; the solid matter that constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe. What is the term?

a)

Land

b)

Earth

c)

field

d)

Hill

75.

The distance of any place on the globe, north or south of the equator. What is the term?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

76.

A ridge; a prominent row. What is the term?

a)

Ledge

b)

Cliff

c)

Mesa

d)

Inlet

77.

The slope of ground on the left-handed side of the river when facing downstream. What is the term?

a)

Left-bank

b)

Right-Bank

78.

A bank or cause way, particularly along a river to prevent inundation. What is the term?

a)

Levee

b)

Keys

c)

Junction

d)

Cape

79.

The barrier of a canal that confines the water and can be open or shut at pleasure. What is the term?

a)

Locks

b)

Canal

c)

Inlet

d)

Stream

80.

The distance of any place on the globe from another place eastward or westward; the distance of any place from a given meridian. What is the term?

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

81.

A tract of low land, very wet and miry and overgrown with coarse of grass. What is the term?

a)

Marsh

b)

Mesa

c)

Meadow

d)

Bluff

82.

Pasture or grassland annually mown for hay. What is the term?

a)

Meadow

b)

Marsh

c)

Bluff

d)

Bayou

83.

A flat-topped mountain with steep walls. What is the term?

a)

Mesa

b)

Peak

c)

Mountain

d)

Mountain Chain

84.

A pit or excavation in the earth from which metallic ores, mineral substances, and other fossil bodies are taken by digging. What is the term?

a)

Mine

b)

Volcano

c)

Natural Resources

85.

A tract of land overrun with heath; a marsh; a fen; ground covered with stagnant water. What is the term?

a)

Moor

b)

Marsh

c)

Bog

d)

Bluff

86.

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above common level of the earth or adjacent land, but of no definite altitude.

a)

Mountain

b)

Mountain chain

c)

Mountain range

d)

Volcano

87.

A line of connected mountain ranges. What is the term?

a)

Mountain Chain

b)

Mountain

c)

Mountain Range

88.

A row of mountains. What is the term?

a)

Mountain Range

b)

Mountain Chain

89.

The opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well, or den. What is the term?

a)

Mouth

b)

River Mouth

c)

River

d)

Stream

90.

Materials found in nature, such as land, forests, and minerals, that have economic value. What is the term?

a)

Natural resource

b)

Mine

c)

Cultivated land

d)

Irrigated land

91.

Small fertile are in a desert, irrigated by natural springs or other source of fresh water.

a)

Oasis

b)

Desert

c)

Dune

d)

Plateau

92.

The vast body of water that covers more then three-fifths of the surface of the globe, also called the sea. What is the term?

a)

Ocean

b)

Sea

c)

Inlet

d)

Bay

93.

A gap in a mountainous are suitable for passing through; a means of passage through a rugged area. What is the term?

a)

Pass

b)

Dale

c)

Groove

d)

Peak

94.

Ground covered with grass appropriated for the food of cattle. What is the term?

a)

Pasture

b)

Meadow

c)

Field

95.

The top of a hill or mountain, ending in a point. What is the term?

a)

Peak

b)

Cape

c)

Headland

96.

A portion of land connected with a continent by a narrow neck or isthmus but nearly surrounded by water. What is the term?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Isthmus

c)

Inlet

d)

Fjord

97.

The bottom of a mountain. What is the term?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Foothill

c)

Field

d)

Prairie

98.

A structure constructed perpendicular to the harbor for securing vessels and receiving goods unladen or to be shipped on board. What is the term?

a)

Pier

b)

Harbor

99.

Large are of flat land. What is the term?

a)

Plain

b)

Savanna

c)

Prairie

d)

Land

100.

Flat section of land higher than the surrounding area. What is the term?

a)

Plateau

b)

Plain

c)

Field

d)

Bay

101.

A small cape, headland, or promontory; a tract of land extending into the sea. What is the term?

a)

Point

b)

Isthmus

c)

Headland

d)

Cape

102.

A body of stagnant water usually without an outlet, larger than a puddle and smaller than a lake. What is the Term?

a)

Pool

b)

Pond

c)

Lake

d)

Bay

103.

A small collection of water in a hollow place, supplied by a spring and discharging its surplus water by an outlet, smaller than a lake. What is the term?

a)

Pool

b)

Lake

c)

Bay

d)

Inlet

104.

An extensive tract of land, mostly level, destitute of tress, and covered with tall, coarse grass. What is the term?

a)

Prairie

b)

Savanna

c)

Field

d)

Bay

105.

A steep fall or descent of land, perpendicular or nearly so. What is the term?

a)

Precipice

b)

Horizon

c)

Field

d)

Prairie

106.

A fast-moving river current, caused by a moderate decent. What is the term

a)

Rapids

b)

Current

c)

Stream

d)

River

107.

A chain or range of rocks, lying at or near the surface of the water. What is the term?

a)

Reef

b)

Keys

108.

A place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted. What is the term?

a)

Reservoir

b)

Dam

c)

Basin

d)

Drainage Basin

109.

A long or continued range of hills or mountains; the upper part of such a range. What is the term?

a)

Ridge

b)

Mountain Chain

c)

Mountain Range

110.

The slope of ground on the right-hand side of a river when facing downstream. What is the term?

a)

Right Bank

b)

Left Bank

c)

Stream

d)

River

111.

A large stream of water flowing in a channel on land toward the ocean, a lake, or another river, larger than a brook. What is the term?

a)

River

b)

Stream

c)

Creek

d)

Arm

112.

The part or channel of a river by which its waters are discharged into the ocean or into a lake. What is the term?

a)

River Mouth

b)

Mouth

c)

Channel

d)

Sound

113.

The beginning of a river; the headwaters. What is the term?

a)

River source

b)

Estuary

c)

Watershed

d)

Waterfall

114.

Narrow ridge of the particles of stone created by the current or tide. What is the term?

a)

Sandbar

b)

Isthmus

c)

Shore

d)

Coast

115.

An extensive open plain or meadow; a plain distribute of trees. What is the term?

a)

Savanna

b)

Forest

c)

Plain

d)

Meadow

116.

A large body nearly enclosed by land. What is the term?

a)

Sea

b)

Bay

c)

Inlet

d)

Ocean

117.

Ocean surface level used as base for measuring elevation and sea depth; the average tide level. What is the term?

a)

Sea level

b)

Longtitude

c)

Latitiude

d)

Horizon

118.

A harbor of the sea, accommodating seafaring vessels. What is the term?

a)

Seaport

b)

Harbor

119.

A place where the water is shallow or of little depth; a sand bank or bar; a shallow. What is the term?

a)

Shoal

b)

Isthmus

c)

Sandar

d)

Sea port

120.

The coast or land adjacent to the sea, a large lake, or a river. What is the term?

a)

Coast

b)

Crag

c)

Shore

121.

The place where a body of water meets the land. What is the term?

a)

Shoreline

b)

Coast

c)

Shore

d)

Beach

122.

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plain of horizon. What is the term?

a)

Slope

b)

Gluch

c)

Gorge

d)

Canyon

123.

The altitudinal border above which a mountain is always covered in snow. What is the term?

a)

Snowline

b)

Peak

c)

Mesa

d)

Mountain

124.

The upper stratum of the earth; the compound substance that furnishes nutriment to plants or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them. What is the term?

a)

Soil

b)

Earth

c)

Cultivated Land

d)

Irrigated Land

125.

A narrow passage of water; a a strait between the mainland and an isle; a strait connecting two seas or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. What is the term?

a)

Sound

b)

Strait

c)

Canal

d)

Dam

126.

A small point of land running into the sea; a long and narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea. What is the term?

a)

Spit

b)

Isthmus

c)

Sound

d)

Shoal

127.

A prairie; a grassy plain characterized by a lack of trees and a shortage of rain. What is the term?

a)

Steppe

b)

Prairie

c)

Plain

d)

Savanna

128.

A narrow pass or passage, either in a mountain or in the ocean, between continents or other portions of land. What is the term?

a)

Strait

b)

Sound

c)

Tunnel

d)

Steppe

129.

A current of water like a river, brook, or a rivulet; a current of water in the ocean. What is the term?

a)

Stream

b)

River

c)

Curent

d)

Upstream

130.

The highest point of a mountain. What is the term?

a)

Summit

b)

Peak

c)

Mesa

d)

Mountain

131.

Spongy land; low ground filled with water; soft, wet ground. What is the term?

a)

Swamp

b)

Marsh

c)

Bog

d)

Bayou

132.

A large, flat section of land higher than the surrounding area. What is the term?

a)

Tableland

b)

Plain

c)

Savanna

d)

Field

133.

A raised bank of earth with sloping sides. What is the term?

a)

Terrance

b)

Basin

c)

Drainage Basin

d)

Bank

134.

The cyclical rise and fall of water, resulting from the gravitational attractive force between the earth and the moon. What is the term?

a)

Tide

b)

Horizon

c)

latitude

d)

Longitude

135.

Wood that is proper for building for tools, utensils, furniture, ships, and the like. What is the term?

a)

Timber

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Oasis

d)

Mine

136.

The altitudinal border above where trees do not grow. What is the term?

a)

Timberline

b)

Snowline

c)

peak

d)

Groove

137.

The detailed description of a particular place, city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land. What is the term?

a)

Topography

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Altitude

138.

Smaller streams or rivers flowing into a larger body of water. What is the term?

a)

Tributary

b)

Estuary

c)

Watershed

d)

Left Bank

139.

A vast treeless plain in the arctic region in which the ground is perpetually frozen. What is the term?

a)

Iceberg

b)

Tundra

c)

Glacier

d)

Sahara

140.

A large subterraneaneous arch through a hill.

a)

Tunnel

b)

Mine

141.

Against the current. What is the term?

a)

Upstream

b)

Left Bank

c)

Right Bank

d)

Current

142.

A tract of low ground or land between hills or mountains. What is the term?

a)

Vale

b)

Gluch

c)

Glen

d)

Strait

143.

A hollow or low tract of land between hills; a valley. What is the term?

a)

Valley

b)

Vale

c)

Gluch

d)

Glen

144.

The process of growing plants by means of nourishment derived from the earth of from water and air and received through roots and leaves; vegetables or plants in general. What is the term?

a)

Vegetation

b)

Natural Resource

c)

Cultivated Land

145.

An opening in the surface or in a mountain from which smoke, flames, stones, lava, or other substances are ejected. What is the term?

a)

Volcano

b)

Cindercone

c)

Mouth

146.

A fall or perpendicular decent of the water of a river or stream; a cascade; a cataract. What is the term?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Estuary

c)

River Mouth

d)

River Source

147.

An area that drains into a river; the divide; that leads streams of water in two opposite directions. What is the term?

a)

Watershed

b)

Estuary

c)

River Source

d)

River Mouth

148.

A moving swell or volume of water, usually, a swell raised and driven by wind. What is the term?

a)

Waves

b)

Tide

c)

Breakers

149.

A perpendicular bank, mound, timber, or stone and earth, raised on the shore of a harbor or extending some distance of lading and unlading ships and other vessels. What is the term?

a)

Wharf

b)

Harbor

c)

Port

150.

An eddy of water; a vortex or gulf where the water moves round in a circle. What is the term?

a)

Whirlpool

b)

Inlet

c)

Bank

d)

Gulf

151.

A large, thick collection of trees; a forest. What is the term?

a)

Woods

b)

Grove

c)

Forest