Vocabulary #1

Question 1

What is a large body of water called?

Answer 1

Ocean

Question 2

What is a point of land that extends into water?

Answer 2

Cape

Question 3

What is the area of flat land along a sea or ocean?

Answer 3

Coastal plain

Question 4

What is the area of land near the ocean known as?

Answer 4

Coast

Question 5

What is a large area of slow-moving ice called?

Answer 5

Glacier

Question 6

What is an inland body of water referred to as?

Answer 6

Lake

Question 7

What is a nearly flat area of land called?

Answer 7

Plain

Question 8

What is the area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water?

Answer 8

Inlet

Question 9

What is the flat land next to a river formed by silt deposited by floods?

Answer 9

Floodplain

Question 10

What is the line on a mountain above which it is too cold for trees to grow?

Answer 10

Timberline

Question 11

What is the natural flow of water that runs through the land?

Answer 11

River

Question 12

Where does a river begin?

Answer 12

Source of river

Question 13

What is the hilly area at the base of a mountain called?

Answer 13

Foothill

Question 14

What is the land along a river known as?

Answer 14

Riverbank

Question 15

What is the place where a river empties into another body of water?

Answer 15

Mouth of river

Question 16

What is a rounded, elevated area of land smaller than a mountain?

Answer 16

Hill

Question 17

What is an area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet?

Answer 17

Mountain

Question 18

What is an area of land surrounded entirely by water called?

Answer 18

Island

Question 19

What is a bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land?

Answer 19

Basin

Question 20

What is a row of mountains known as?

Answer 20

Mountain range

Question 21

What is a large, flat, elevated area of land called?

Answer 21

Plateau

Question 22

What is the high, steep face of rock or earth referred to as?

Answer 22

Bluff

Question 23

What is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger land areas?

Answer 23

Isthmus

Question 24

What is the area of low land between hills or mountains called?

Answer 24

Valley

Question 25

What is lowland with moist soil and tall grasses known as?

Answer 25

Marsh

Question 26

What is a body of shallow water called?

Answer 26

Lagoon

Question 27

What is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water?

Answer 27

Strait

Question 28

What is a deep, narrow valley with steep walls called?

Answer 28

Canyon

Question 29

What is an area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean?

Answer 29

Peninsula

Question 30

What is the opening in Earth's crust where lava, ash, and gases erupt?

Answer 30

Volcano

Question 31

What is a steep drop from a high place to a lower place in a stream or river?

Answer 31

Waterfall

Question 32

What is the area where a river deposits soil into the ocean called?

Answer 32

Delta

Question 33

What is the high, steep face of rock or earth referred to as?

Answer 33

Cliff

Question 34

What is an ocean ridge made up of coral, rock, or sand called?

Answer 34

Reef

Question 35

What is the large part of the ocean that extends into land?

Answer 35

Gulf

Question 36

What is the top of a mountain called?

Answer 36

Peak

Question 37

What is the area of low, wet land with trees known as?

Answer 37

Swamp

Question 38

What is part of a large body of water that is smaller than a gulf called?

Answer 38

Bay

Question 39

What is a hill of sand shaped by wind called?

Answer 39

Dune

Question 40

What is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river called?

Answer 40

Tributary

Question 41

What is the gap between mountains known as?

Answer 41

Mountain pass

Question 42

What is a body of salt water smaller than an ocean?

Answer 42

Sea

Question 43

A _______ is an extremely dry area with little water and few plants.

Answer 43

Desert oasis

Question 44

What is an area in the desert with a water source called?

Answer 44

Oasis

Question 45

What is a flat-topped mountain with steep sides known as?

Answer 45

Mesa

Question 46

What is an area of grassland and scattered trees called?

Answer 46

Savanna