Terms

Question 0

Moor

Answer 0

An area of open wasteland, often swampy.

Question 1

Mine

Answer 1

A pit from which coal, minerals, or precious stones are taken by digging.

Question 2

Mountain

Answer 2

A lofty elevation on the earth’s surface.

Question 3

Mountain chain

Answer 3

A series of mountains not connected.

Question 4

Mountain range

Answer 4

A series of connecting mountains.

Question 5

Mouth

Answer 5

End of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake, sea, or ocean.

Question 6

Natural resource

Answer 6

Supplies of materials found in nature, such as minerals, water, or coal.

Question 7

Oasis

Answer 7

A fertile spit within a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation.

Question 8

Ocean

Answer 8

Any one, it all, of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earths surface.

Question 9

Pass

Answer 9

An opening through hills or mountains used as a route highways or railroads.

Question 10

Pasture

Answer 10

Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle, sheep, etc. can graze.

Question 11

Peak

Answer 11

The pointed top of a hill or mountain .

Question 12

Peninsula

Answer 12

A piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus.

Question 13

Piedmont

Answer 13

An area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain rang.

Question 14

Pier

Answer 14

A structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships.

Question 15

Plain

Answer 15

A nearly level area of land usually of considerable size.

Question 16

Point

Answer 16

A tapering piece if land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water.

Question 17

Pond

Answer 17

A body or still water smaller than a lake.

Question 18

Pool

Answer 18

A deep spot in a stream.

Question 19

Prairie

Answer 19

Any natural grassland but usually used to describe the vast areas of level or rolling land without trees in the central part of the United States.

Question 20

Precipice

Answer 20

A very steep, high cliff.

Question 21

Rapids

Answer 21

Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks.

Question 22

Reef

Answer 22

A series of rocks in a body of water, the tops which are slightly beneath, or at, the surface.

Question 23

Reservoir

Answer 23

A natural or artificial lake, usually made by damming a stream of running water.

Question 24

Ridge

Answer 24

A long, narrow, conspicuous elevation of land.

Question 25

Right bank

Answer 25

The bank of a steam that lies on the right side as one goes with the current.

Question 26

River

Answer 26

A large stream of water of natural origin that drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water.

Question 27

River mouth

Answer 27

The point where a river empties and ends its course.

Question 28

River source

Answer 28

The point where the river begins.

Question 29

Sandbar

Answer 29

A long, narrow bank of sand in a body of water.

Question 30

Savanna

Answer 30

A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth.

Question 31

Sea

Answer 31

A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land.

Question 32

Sea level

Answer 32

The average level of the surface of the ocean measured along the a shoreline.

Question 33

Seaport

Answer 33

A harbor at the shore of the of the ocean or large body of water developed with facilities to load and unload sea-going vessels.

Question 34

Shoal

Answer 34

Any very shallow spot in a body of water.

Question 35

Shore

Answer 35

Land bordering the sea, a lake, or a large river.

Question 36

Shoreline

Answer 36

The line where the meets the water of any large river or body of water.

Question 37

Slope

Answer 37

Any land whose surface gradually rises in a general direction.

Question 38

Snowline

Answer 38

The line on a mountain above which there is snow throughout the year.

Question 39

Soil

Answer 39

Loose material that forms the upper layer of the earth.

Question 40

Sound

Answer 40

A long and rather narrow body of water, larger than a strait, connecting two bodies of water or separating a large island from the mainland.

Question 41

Spit

Answer 41

A long, narrow, sandy point of land projecting into water.

Question 42

Steppe

Answer 42

Russian term for midlatitude grasslands.

Question 43

Strait

Answer 43

A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water.

Question 44

Stream

Answer 44

A flow of moving water.

Question 45

Summit

Answer 45

Highest part of a hill or mountain.

Question 46

Swamp

Answer 46

An area of low, spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of course grasses, trees, or other vegetation.

Question 47

Tableland

Answer 47

A level area of high land varying in size from a Mesa to an extensive plateau.

Question 48

Terrace

Answer 48

A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river, a lake, or the sea.

Question 49

Tide

Answer 49

Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon one the earth.

Question 50

Timber

Answer 50

Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size, kind, and quality to be of commercial value.

Question 51

Timberline

Answer 51

The line on a mountain above which trees do not grow.

Question 52

Topography

Answer 52

The surface features of a region (hills, rivers, roads, ect)

Question 53

Tributary

Answer 53

A stream that flows into another stream.

Question 54

Tundra

Answer 54

A large, flat plain without trees in the arctic regions.

Question 55

Tunnel

Answer 55

An artificial passage beneath the surface of the earth.

Question 56

Upstream

Answer 56

Direction from which a stream is flowing.