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Ch 11 Voc

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Large banks of earth and stone that hold back water.

a)

fjord

b)

polder

c)

dikes

d)

dam

2.

The process in which glaciers form and spread.

a)

glaciation

b)

ice age

c)

continental drift

d)

loess

3.

A (a)   is a drained area of land.

4.

A (a)   is a narrow, steep-sided inlets carved out by glaciers.

5.

A_________is the elevation above which trees cannot grow.

a)

avalanche

b)

mistral

c)

timberline

d)

permafrost

6.

Dry wind that blows down from the mountains

a)

Foehn

b)

Avalanche

c)

Sirocco

d)

Permafrost

7.

Destructive masses of ice, snow, and rock sliding down mountainsides.

a)

Fjord

b)

Mistral

c)

SIroccho

d)

Avalanche

8.

A (a)   is a strong north wind from the Alps

9.

Dry wind from North Africa

a)

foehn

b)

sirocco

c)

chaparral

d)

timberline

10.

Shrubs and small trees

a)

landscaping

b)

chaparral

c)

foehn

d)

sirrocco

11.

Soil that is permanently frozen below the surface

a)

loess

b)

mistral

c)

avalanche

d)

permafrost