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Challenge A Geo terms week 1-13

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The elevation an object in relationship to a given plane, often sea level.

a)

Altitude

b)

Arm

c)

Atoll

d)

Bank

2.

A body of water interspersed with many isles.

a)

Bay

b)

Beach

c)

Archipelago

d)

Bog

3.

A long, narrow passage of water; a creek.

a)

Branch

b)

Canal

c)

Chasm

d)

Arm

4.

a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or set of small islands nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon.

a)

Continental shelf

b)

Atoll

c)

cone

d)

continent

5.

A steep slope of ground rising from a lake, a river, or the sea.

a)

Bank

b)

Basin

c)

Bay

d)

Beach

6.

A hollow place for water; an enclosed part of water, forming a broad space within a strait or narrow entrance; a little bay.

a)

archipelago

b)

atoll

c)

bayou

d)

Basin

7.

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

a)

Basin

b)

Bay

c)

Brink

d)

Brook

8.

a soggy, swampy, slow-moving body of water, obstructed by vegetation.

a)

Bayou

b)

Basin

c)

Bog

d)

Canal

9.

The shore of the sea or of a lake, washed by the tide and waves.

a)

Coast

b)

Cliff

c)

Bank

d)

Beach

10.

A high bank, almost perpendicular, projecting into the sea.

a)

Brink

b)

Bluff

c)

Brook

d)

Branch

11.

Soft, wet ground covered with grass or other plants, too soft to bear a man.

a)

Bog

b)

Cave

c)

Canal

d)

Chasm

12.

A smaller stream running into a larger one or proceeding from it.

a)

Cliff

b)

Coast

c)

Beach

d)

Branch

13.

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

a)

Cape

b)

Breakers

c)

Bank

d)

Arm

14.

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

a)

Brach

b)

Bog

c)

Brink

d)

Bluff

15.

A small natural stream of water; a current flowing from a spring.

a)

Brook

b)

Arm

c)

Branch

d)

Canal

16.

An artificial cut or passage for water used for transportation.

a)

Brink

b)

Canal

c)

Chasm

d)

Cove

17.

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

a)

Coast

b)

Country

c)

Cliff

d)

Canyon

18.

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

a)

Cinder Cone

b)

Cape

c)

Chasm

d)

Crag

19.

A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den; may be natural or artificial.

a)

Channel

b)

Breakers

c)

Cave

d)

Branch

20.

A deep, naturally hollow place in the earth, deeper than a cave.

a)

Cavern

b)

Continent

c)

Cliff

d)

Crag

21.

An arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea between two continents or between a continent and an isle.

a)

Cliff

b)

Coast

c)

Cove

d)

Channel

22.

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

a)

Chasm

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Canyon

23.

A cone-shaped hill of volcanic material surrounding an opening in the earth.

a)

Coast

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Cape

d)

Bay

24.

A high, steep almost vertical rock, usually on a coast.

a)

Canyon

b)

Cliff

c)

Coast

d)

Cove

25.

The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the seashore.

a)

Arm

b)

Branch

c)

Bay

d)

Coast

26.

A great extent of land, not disjoined or interrupted by a sea.

a)

Continent

b)

Country

c)

Cove

d)

Cape

27.

The edge of a continent that is submerged in water.

a)

Coast

b)

Beach

c)

Continental shelf

d)

Bluff

28.

Any tract of land or inherited land; any region, as distinguished from other regions; a kingdom, state, or lesser district.

a)

Country

b)

Coast

c)

Cape

d)

Cavern

29.

A small inlet or bay; a recess in the sea shore.

a)

Crag

b)

Chasm

c)

Cove

d)

Brook

30.

A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken rock or point of a rock.

a)

Breakers

b)

Crag

c)

Basin

d)

Bay

31.

The aperture or mouth of a volcano.

a)

Crater

b)

Cliff

c)

Dam

d)

Dell

32.

A small inlet; a recess in the shore of the sea or of a river; a small stream.

a)

Canal

b)

Brook

c)

Bay

d)

Creek

33.

Land prepared for crops.

a)

bog

b)

bayou

c)

Cultivated land

d)

delta

34.

A flowing or passing of water; a stream.

a)

brook

b)

current

c)

channel

d)

downstream

35.

A low place between hills; a vale or valley.

a)

Dale

b)

Dam

c)

Dell

d)

Delta

36.

A bank or mound of earth; any wall or a frame of wood raised to obstruct a current of water.

a)

Bank

b)

Dune

c)

Earth

d)

Dam

37.

A small vale with woods.

a)

Dell

b)

Delta

c)

Drainage Basin

d)

Dike

38.

An area of triangular shaped land located at the mouth of a main river from which distributaries flow.

a)

dune

b)

delta

c)

downstream

d)

drainage basin

39.

A vast sandy plain characterized by minimal precipitation and plant growth.

a)

bayou

b)

country

c)

continent

d)

desert

40.

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

a)

Dam

b)

Dike

c)

Dale

d)

Dune

41.

A ridge that determines the direction water drains for adjacent water systems; a watershed.

a)

Current

b)

Chasm

c)

Divide

d)

Basin

42.

The direction a river flows; flowing with the current.

a)

Downstream

b)

Current

c)

Canal

d)

Brook

43.

Area drained by a river and its tributaries; a watershed.

a)

Divide

b)

Dale

c)

Current

d)

Drainage Basin

44.

Hill, mound, or ridge of sand formed by wind.

a)

Divide

b)

Earth

c)

Dune

d)

Fall Line

45.

The terraqueous globe that we inhabit.

a)

Earth

b)

Delta

c)

Dam

d)

Canyon

46.

Elevated ground; a rising ground; a hill or mountain.

a)

Canyon

b)

Elevation

c)

Cape

d)

Cave

47.

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

a)

Branch

b)

Channel

c)

Estuary

d)

Cliff

48.

The point where rivers descend rapidly due to a distinct decline in elevation.

a)

Archipelago

b)

Basin

c)

Bluff

d)

Fall Line

49.

A piece of land enclosed for tillage or pasture.

a)

gulch

b)

field

c)

divide

d)

earth

50.

A long, narrow, deep valley formed by glacial erosion and flooded by ocean water.

a)

downstream

b)

glacier

c)

harbor

d)

fjord

51.

A hill at the base of a mountain.

a)

foothill

b)

dune

c)

delta

d)

gulch

52.

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

a)

fjord

b)

headland

c)

ford

d)

inlet

53.

An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees.

a)

hill

b)

forest

c)

field

d)

estuary

54.

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

a)

glacier

b)

island

c)

divide

d)

fall line

55.

A valley; a lade; a depression or space between hills.

a)

dale

b)

dune

c)

hill

d)

glen

56.

A narrow hollow with steep, rocky sides worn by a stream or torrent of water.

a)

glen

b)

iceberg

c)

gorge

d)

inlet

57.

A wood of small extent.

a)

grove

b)

gulch

c)

knoll

d)

junction

58.

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

a)

gorge

b)

gulch

c)

harbor

d)

inlet

59.

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.

a)

delta

b)

fall line

c)

gulf

d)

estuary

60.

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

a)

harbor

b)

lagoon

c)

ledge

d)

isthmus

61.

a cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea or other expanse of water.

a)

inlet

b)

lake

c)

keys

d)

headland

62.

A natural elevation of land; a mass of earth rising about the common level of the surrounding land.

a)

island

b)

dune

c)

hill

d)

elevation

63.

The line that terminates the view when extended on the surface of the earth.

a)

latitude

b)

horizon

c)

longitude

d)

fall line

64.

A hill or mountain of ice; a vast body of ice accumulated in valleys in high northern latitudes.

a)

iceberg

b)

glacier

c)

fjord

d)

ford

65.

A bay or recess in the shore of the sea, a lake, or a large river; a narrow body of water between isles.

a)

gulch

b)

grove

c)

land

d)

inlet

66.

Land watered by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread over it.

a)

glen

b)

irrigated land

c)

drainage basin

d)

lagoon

67.

A tract of land surrounded by water.

a)

harbor

b)

lake

c)

island

d)

ledge

68.

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

a)

junction

b)

isthmus

c)

divide

d)

headland

69.

The place or point of union.

a)

gulf

b)

ledge

c)

knoll

d)

junction

70.

A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water; a cay.

a)

keys

b)

gorge

c)

iceberg

d)

ford

71.

A round hill or mount.

a)

hill

b)

glen

c)

knob

d)

knoll

72.

The top or crown of a hill; a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth.

a)

hill

b)

knob

c)

island

d)

knoll

73.

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)

inlet

c)

island

d)

glacier

74.

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

a)

lagoon

b)

lake

c)

harbor

d)

estuary

75.

Earth; the solid matter that constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe.

a)

forest

b)

delta

c)

land

d)

elevation

76.

The distance of any place on the globe, north or south of the equator.

a)

latitude

b)

fall line

c)

horizon

d)

longitude

77.

A ridge; a prominent row.

a)

left bank

b)

dune

c)

ledge

d)

dike

78.

The slope of ground on the left-hand side of the river when facing downstream.

a)

junction

b)

field

c)

left bank

d)

fall line