geo vocab 24.9.23

Question 1

archipelago

Answer 1

a group of islands

Question 2

atoll

Answer 2

a ring of low coral islands and reefs surrounding a central lagoon

Question 3

basin

Answer 3

area of land drained by a river and it’s tributaries

Question 4

tributaries

Answer 4

rivers that feed other rivers

Question 5

canyon

Answer 5

a deep valley with steep sides usuall carved by a river

Question 6

delta

Answer 6

the area at the mouth of a river where sediment is deposited

Question 7

divide

Answer 7

land that separates river systems

Question 8

dune

Answer 8

a depositional landform resulting from wind- deposited sand and soil

Question 9

isthmus

Answer 9

a strip of land with water on two sides connecting two larger areas to eachother

Question 10

mesa

Answer 10

a flat-topped hill with steep sides

Question 11

bay

Answer 11

an area of water bordered by land on three sides; smaller than a gulf

Question 12

bayou

Answer 12

a slow-moving stream or marshy lake

Question 13

canal

Answer 13

an artificial waterway, usually connected to exisisting bodies of water

Question 14

channel

Answer 14

the physical confinement of a river, slough, or ocean strait

Question 15

cove

Answer 15

a circular or round inlet with a narrow enterance

Question 16

estuary

Answer 16

a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open sea

Question 17

gulf

Answer 17

a part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides; larger than a bay

Question 18

mouth

Answer 18

the point at which a stream empties into body of water

Question 19

wetland

Answer 19

land that is almost always wet; usually classified as a marsh, swamp, or bog

Question 20

4 layers of the earth?

Answer 20

atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere

Question 21

How do we know the mantle is liquid?

Answer 21

based off earthquakes waves

Question 22

terminal moraine

Answer 22

glaciers receding to their current location, leaving debris behind

Question 23

drumlin

Answer 23

a low oval mond or small hill

Question 24

levees + embankments

Answer 24

tools used to create/ channel rivers

Question 25

meander

Answer 25

a winding curve or bend of a river

Question 26

what are they doing in europe to try to prevent flooding?

Answer 26

restoring wetlands + meandering streams

Question 27

someone who studies a particular culture and documents their behavior

Answer 27

ethnographer

Question 28

3 careers under anthropology

Answer 28

linguist, psychology, archeaology