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Geography Terms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an archipelago?

a)

a cascade of water falling from a height

b)

a wall built across a lake

c)

a group of many islands

d)

land along the ocean

2.

What is a waterfall?

a)

an area of low lying ground where water collects

b)

a cascade of water falling from a height

c)

a body of water completely surrounded by land

d)

a body of land completely surrounded by water

3.

What is a basin?

a)

low land with high ground all around it

b)

land along an ocean or sea

c)

a sheltered area of water where boats can dock

d)

a large area of high land

4.

What is a canal?

a)

a natural waterway connecting two bodies of water

b)

a small area of water protected by cliffs

c)

a deep, narrow inlet of the sea protected by cliffs

d)

manmade waterway built to carry water for shipping and farming

5.

What is a tundra?

a)

a large, flat, treeless area where the ground is always frozen

b)

a wall built across a river to hold back water

c)

part of the ocean extending into the land

d)

a large area of flat land with few trees

6.

What is a rainforest?

a)

a hot, rainy, tropical forest of low plants

b)

a place where rivers and oceans meet

c)

a hot, rainy, tropical forest with a canopy of trees

d)

a hot, sandy, dry area with few plants

7.

What is a channel?

a)

a manmade, deep waterway connecting two bodies of water

b)

part of an ocean extending into the land

c)

a cascade of water falling from a height

d)

a natural, deep waterway connecting two bodies of water

8.

What is the coast?

a)

place where rivers and oceans meet

b)

a dry, hot, sandy area with a hot climate

c)

land along the ocean or sea

d)

an area of high flatland

9.

What is an estuary?

a)

a large body of water surrounded by land

b)

place where the waters of the ocean and river meet

c)

a small, shallow body of water completely surrounded by land

d)

a large flow of water that leads to lakes or oceans

10.

What is a fjord?

a)

a deep, narrow inlet inlet of the sea between high, steep cliffs

b)

a natural, deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water

c)

a manmade, deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water

d)

a place where the waters of a river and ocean meet

11.

What is a harbor?

a)

large section of ocean extending into the land

b)

small section of ocean extending into the land

c)

a narrow strip of land, bordered by water, that connects two larger bodies of land

d)

a sheltered area of deep water on the coast

12.

What is an island?

a)

a body of water completely surrounded by land

b)

a small area of saltwater protected by coral and/or rock

c)

a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water

d)

a body of land completely surrounded by water

13.

What is an isthmus?

a)

a place where rivers and oceans meet

b)

a deep, narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs

c)

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land

d)

a natural, deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water

14.

What is a cape or peninsula?

a)

a piece of water almost completely surrounded by land

b)

a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water

c)

a body of land completely surrounded by water

d)

an area of wet, flat land

15.

What is a pond?

a)

a large, deep body of water completely surrounded by land

b)

a body of water almost completely surrounded by land

c)

a body of land completely surrounded by water

d)

a small, shallow body of water completely surrounded by land