Unit 1 - Definitions

Question 1

Wet, spongy land

Answer 1

swamp

Question 2

Type of rock formed by layers of sediment

Answer 2

sedimentary rock

Question 3

An area with similar characteristics

Answer 3

region

Question 4

Shape of the land

Answer 4

topography

Question 5

The unusual shape of a tornado; a tube of winds spiralling at high speeds

Answer 5

funnel

Question 6

Plants that grow naturally in an area

Answer 6

vegetation

Question 7

Brief, but very destructive storm characterized by a wind funnel

Answer 7

tornado

Question 8

Evergreen trees or shrubs bearing cones

Answer 8

coniferous

Question 9

Valley created when portion of land between two faults drops down

Answer 9

rift valley

Question 10

To wear down the surface of the Earth

Answer 10

erode

Question 11

Northern, or of the Arctic

Answer 11

boreal

Question 12

Flat area at a high elevation

Answer 12

plateau

Question 13

To do with the structure of the Earth’s crust

Answer 13

tectonic

Question 14

Level bog or swamp found in Canada

Answer 14

muskeg

Question 15

Area of soil or silt deposits, built up at the mouth of a river

Answer 15

delta

Question 16

Movement along a crack or cracks of the Earth’s crust

Answer 16

faulting

Question 17

Somewhat salty

Answer 17

brackish

Question 18

Lowland that is flooded in wet weather and almost always wet

Answer 18

marsh

Question 19

Steep cliff formed by erosion of faulting

Answer 19

escarpment

Question 20

Northernmost vegetation region found in areas too cold for trees to grow

Answer 20

tundra

Question 21

Physical feature created by the bending of rock layers

Answer 21

fold mountains

Question 22

Process of erosion by thick, moving ice

Answer 22

glaciation

Question 23

Trees that shed their leaves annually

Answer 23

deciduous

Question 24

Place in which liquid collects

Answer 24

sink

Question 25

Prevailing conditions of temperature and precipitation

Answer 25

climate

Question 26

To wear down the surface of the Earth

Answer 26

erode

Question 27

mountains created by breaks in the Earth’s crust

Answer 27

volcanic mountains

Question 28

A climate type that develops away from the influence of oceans. The temperature range tends to be large and precipitation is low.

Answer 28

continental climate

Question 29

A mass of fluid or air that whirls in a rotary direction

Answer 29

vortex

Question 30

A climate that is strongly influenced by the closeness of a large body of water. The annual temperature range tends to be small and precipiation is high.

Answer 30

maritime climate

Question 31

Climate that has warm summers and cool winters

Answer 31

temperate

Question 32

area on the leeward slope of mountains, with little precipitation

Answer 32

rain-shadow

Question 33

any ground that is permanently frozen for at least two years; most commonly found near north or south poles, under a layer of soil

Answer 33

permafrost