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Physical Geography Questions Flashcards

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What is the term for the base level from which elevation is measured?

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Sea level

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What is the term for a country that does not have access to the ocean?

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Landlocked

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What term describes a break in the earth’s crust where movement occurs?

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Fault

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What term is used for the movement of the earth’s crust?

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Plate Tectonics

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Grasslands cover the central areas of the continents. What are three other names that grasslands are known as throughout the world?

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Prairies, steppes, pampas, Ilanos, veldt

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What term is used for a continuous flow of hot or cold water that comes naturally from the ground?

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Spring

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Sandstone is an example of a type of rock made of particles from pre- existing rock that has been cemented together. What is the name of this type of rock?

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Sedimentary

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What term is used to describe an underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor and having a peaked or flat-topped summit below the surface of the water?

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Seamount

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Which is the term for the vertical distance from sea level to a point on the earth’s surface?

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Elevation

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Which is the term for the layer of the Earth between the core and the crust?

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Mantle

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What is the name of the physical feature that consists of a group of islands?

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Archipelago

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What is the term for the leafy layer of treetops in a rain forest?

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Canopy

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What is the term for a long, deep depression on the ocean floor?

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Trench

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What is the term for a mass of snow, ice and other material sliding swiftly down a mountainside?

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Avalanche

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What is the term for the location where a river enters a larger body of water, such as a lake or an ocean?

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Mouth

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An area of a desert that has a source of water to support vegetation is called what?

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Oasis

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What is the term used to describe the wearing away of the surface of the land?

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Erosion

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What is the term used to describe the average weather conditions for a location over time?

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Climate

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What kind of scientist studies earthquakes?

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Seismologist

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Which land feature is characterized by steep, rocky walls?

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Gorge

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A wet area with a ground cover of partially decayed plant matter called peat is referred to as what?

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Big

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What is the term for a part of an ocean or sea that cuts into the bordering landmass and may contain one or more bays?

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Gulf

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What landform extends from the shoreline to a steep slope that drops off toward the ocean floor?

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Continental shelf

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