Terms Week 19-30

Question 1

A small cape, headland, or promontory; a track of land extending into the sea

Answer 1

Point

Question 2

A fall or perpendicular descent of the water of a river or stream; a cascade; a cataract

Answer 2

Waterfall

Question 3

An opening in the surface of the Earth or in a mountain from which smoke, flames, stones, lava, or other substances are ejected

Answer 3

Volcano

Question 4

The process of growing plants by means of nourishment derived from the earth or from water and air received through roots and leaves; vegetables or plants in general

Answer 4

Vegetation

Question 5

A large, thick collection of trees; a forest

Answer 5

Woods

Question 6

I’m moving swell or volume of water; usually, I swell raised and driven by wind

Answer 6

Waves

Question 7

A perpendicular Bank, mound, timber, or stone and earth, raised on the shore of a harbor or extending some distance into the water, for the convenience of lading and unlading ships and other vessels

Answer 7

Wharf

Question 8

An eddy of water; a vortex or Gulf where the water moves around in a circle

Answer 8

Whirlpool

Question 9

An area that drains into a river; the divide that leads streams of water in two opposite directions

Answer 9

Watershed

Question 10

A ridge; a prominent row

Answer 10

Ledge

Question 11

A body of stagnant water usually without an outlet, larger than a puddle and smaller than a lake

Answer 11

Pond

Question 12

A small collection of water in a hollow place, supplied by a spring and discharging it’s surplus water by an outlet, smaller than a lake

Answer 12

A pool

Question 13

An extensive tract of land, mostly level, destitute of trees, and covered with tall, course grass

Answer 13

Prairie

Question 15

The slope of ground on the right hand side of the river when facing downstream

Answer 15

Right Bank

Question 16

A chain or a range of rocks, lying at or near the surface of water

Answer 16

Reef

Question 17

Along or continued range of hills or mountains; the upper part of such a range

Answer 17

Ridge

Question 18

A place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted

Answer 18

reservoir

Question 19

A large stream of water flowing in a channel on land toward the ocean, a lake, or another river, larger than a brook

Answer 19

A river

Question 20

The part or canal of a river by which the water are are discharged into the ocean or into a lake

Answer 20

Rivermouth

Question 21

An extensive open plain or meadow; a plain destitute of trees

Answer 21

Savanna

Question 22

Narrow ridge refine particles of stone created by the current or Tide

Answer 22

Sandbar

Question 23

The beginning of a river; the headwaters

Answer 23

River source

Question 24

The place where body and water meets land

Answer 24

Shoreline

Question 25

A harbor of the sea, accommodating seafaring vessels

Answer 25

Seaport

Question 26

Ocean surface level used as base for measuring elevation in sea depth; the average tide level

Answer 26

Sea level

Question 27

A large body of water nearly enclosed by land

Answer 27

Sea

Question 28

A place where the water is shallow or of little depth; a sand bank or bar; a shallow

Answer 28

Shoal

Question 29

The coast or land adjacent to the sea, a large lake, or river

Answer 29

Shore

Question 30

The altitudinal border above which amount is always covered in snow

Answer 30

Snow line

Question 31

The upper stratum of the earth; the compound substance that furnishes nutriment to plants or which is particularly adapted to support a nurse them

Answer 31

Soil

Question 32

Any ground to surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon

Answer 32

Slope

Question 33

A narrow passage of water; a straight between the mainland and an isle; a straight connecting two sea's or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean

Answer 33

Sound

Question 34

A vast treeless plane in the Arctic region in which the ground is perpetually Frozen

Answer 34

Tundra

Question 35

A hollow or low tract of land between hills or mountains

Answer 35

Valley

Question 36

Attractive low ground or of land between hills; a valley

Answer 36

Vale

Question 37

The the detailed description of a particular place, city, town, manor, parish, or a track of land

Answer 37

Topography

Question 38

Smaller streams or Rivers flowing into a larger body of water

Answer 38

Tributary

Question 39

Wood that is proper for building or for tools, utensils, furniture, ships, and the like

Answer 39

Timber

Question 40

The cyclical rise and fall of seawater, resulting from the gravitational attraction force between the Earth and the Moon

Answer 40

tide

Question 41

The altitudinal border above which trees do not grow

Answer 41

Timberline

Question 42

A large, flat section of land higher than the surrounding area

Answer 42

Tableland

Question 43

Against the current

Answer 43

upstream

Question 44

A small point of land running into the sea; extending from the shore into the sea

Answer 44

Spit

Question 45

A prairie; a grassy plain characteristicized by a lack of trees and shortage of rain

Answer 45

Steppe

Question 46

A narrow pass or passage, either in a mountain or in the Ocean, between continents or other portions of land

Answer 46

Strait

Question 47

highest point in the mountain

Answer 47

Summit

Question 48

Spongy land; low ground filled with water; soft, wet ground

Answer 48

Swamp

Question 49

Occurrence of water like a river, brooke, or other rival it; a current of water in the ocean

Answer 49

Stream

Question 50

A raised Bank of Earth with sloping sides

Answer 50

Terrace

Question 51

A large subterraneous ark through a hill

Answer 51

Tunnel