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Largest ocean?

A

Pacific

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The smallest ocean?

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Arctic Ocean

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Coldest ocean?

A

Arctic

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Peaceful ocean?

A

Pacific

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Warmest ocean?

A

Indian Ocean

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Deepest point on Earth?

A

The Mariana Trench

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What is a sea?

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A portion of the ocean that is enclosed or partly enclosed by land

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What is archipelago?

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An island cluster or chain

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What is an atoll?

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A circular, ring shaped coral island

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What is a barrier island?

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Narrow coastal island

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What is bedrock?

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Later of solid rock underlying all soil

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What is a cape?

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Point of land smaller than a peninsula that extends into a body of water

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What is a continental island?

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Part of a large landmass at one time

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What is a coral island?

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Formed by skeletons of coral polyps

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What is a hill?

A

Elevation of less than 1000 feet

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What is an island?

A

Land completely surrounded by water

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What is a mountain?

A

Elevation of at least 1000

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What is an oceanic island?

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Formed by volcanic eruptions

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What is a plain?

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Large area with level or slightly rolling land

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What is a plateau?

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Stands above the surrounding country on at least one side

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What is a dome mountain?

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Formed by magma crust pushes upward, surface rock is eroded, and hardened igneous rock is exposed

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21
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What is a fault-block mountain?

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Formed when crust shifted and bike into huge blocks that moved up and down

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22
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What is fertility?

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Ability of soil to supply nutrients to plants

23
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What is a folded mountain ?

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Formed when plates slowly collide or wrinkle

24
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What is a horizon?

A

Horizontal layer of soil

25
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What is a profile?

A

All soil horizons in a specific area

26
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What is a volcanic mtn?

A

Formed by volcanic eruptions

27
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What is the land drained by a river and it’s tributaries?

A

River basin

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What does a river and its tributaries form?

A

River system

29
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What joins enclosed seas with an ocean?

29
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Less enclosed, smaller, and usually has a wider mouth?

29
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What make excellent harbors?

A

A bay and a gulf

29
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The _____ of a river is its starting point

A

The source

29
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It’s ______ is the point where it empties into another body of water

30
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The height of any landform in relation to sea level?

31
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Often has escarpment at its edge?

32
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Classified according to color and texture ?

33
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Why are all flat maps distorted?

A

You can’t accurately draw it on a flat piece of paper

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What is a sea?

A

A enclosed or partly enclosed body of water from the ocean

35
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What is a strait?

A

Joins enclosed seas with an ocean

36
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What is a bay?

A

Less enclosed, smaller, and usually has a wider mouth

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What is a river basin?

A

Land drained by a river and its tributaries

38
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Land drained by a river and its tributaries ??

A

River basin

39
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What is a delta?

A

Land formed at the mouth of a river by silt and soil

40
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Land formed at the mouth of a river by silt and soil

41
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The longest river?

42
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River that carries the most water?

A

The Amazon River

43
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What is elevation ?

A

The height of any landform at sea level

44
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The highest mountains

45
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Numbered from 0 to 180 degrees ?

46
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Numbered from 0 to 90 degrees ??

47
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0 degrees at the equator

48
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0 degrees at the prime meridian

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North and south?

50
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East and west

51
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Meridians

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