149 multiple choice questions - sayre geography...

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149 Multiple choice questions

1.

a valley that flows into a coastline's water and gets submerged.

a. Dam

b. Sea

c. Ria

d. hill

2.

a fertile place in the desert where there is water and some vegetation

a. Oasis

b. Mesa

c. Rapids

d. Basin

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3.

an area of hills, plateaus, and mountains

a. highland

b. Island

c. Badlands

d. Bight

4.

an area of land that is always soaked with water; low, wet land that supports grass and trees.

a. Swamp

b. Dam

c. Sea

d. lake



5.

is a crater or caldera filled with water caused by a volcano eruption or meteor impact.

a. lake

b. Crater Lake

c. Terrace

d. River Island

6.

a raised part of the earth's surface with sloping sides; old mountain which because of erosionhas become rounder and shorter

a. Ria

b. hill

c. Gully

d. Tide



7.

a lake where water is collected and stored for future use.

a. Reservoir

b. Harbor

c. Terrace

d. Reef

8.

part of a body of salt water that reaches into the land; usually smaller than a gulf

a. Beach

b. Fork

c. Tide

d. Bay



9.

Elevated formation of sand or other beach material running parallel to a shoreline

a. Beach Ridge

b. Bornhardt

c. Lava Tube

d. Glacier

10.

A hole in an exposed layer of rock that created by a river's flowing water.

a. Pothole

b. Tide

c. Cenote

d. Blowhole



11.

is a large crack in a glacier that can be seen from the surface.

a. Rapids

b. Reef

c. Crevasse

d. Dry Lake

12. a gentle ground slope with a cliff.

a. Cenote

b. Delta

c. Cuesta

d. Coast

13.

a wall built across a stream or river to hold back water

a. Geo

b. Dell

c. Cave

d. Dam



14.

A sloping shoreline consisting of sand, gravel, soil or other sediment.

a. Basin

b. Bay

c. Delta

d. Beach

15.

Rocks coming from a glacier

a. Nunatak

b. Cuesta

c. Cenote

d. Sandbar

16. the highest ridge of land separating river basins

a. Dome

b. Dune

c. Divide

d. Cave



17.

a group of many islands.

a. Ria

b. Archipelago

c. highland

d. hill

18.

a group sharp ridges of rocks on mountain tops usually caused by melting glaciers.

a. Arête

b. Cenote

c. Dome

d. Karst



19.

a hole or crater with steep sides caused by volcanic activity.

a. Butte

b. Pit Crater

c. Terrace

d. Iceberg

20.

a small body of water surrounded by land.

a. Pond

b. Cove

c. Sound

d. fjord



21.

a branching river extending into another body of water.

a. River Island

b. River

c. Reservoir

d. River Delta

22.

plateau of land surface into the ocean but underwater extending from a continent.

a. Hanging Valley

b. Continental shelf

c. Peninsula

d. Mountain Range



23.

a large body of water surrounded by land

a. Bay

b. Plateau

c. Gulf

d. lake

24.

narrow strip of land with water on both sides connecting two larger pieces of land.

a. Bayou

b. Plateau

c. Stream

d. isthmus



25.

a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall,

a. Karst

b. Anabranch

c. Cataract

d. Strait

26.

a flat are of land around a river that floods when the river gets high.

a. ocean

b. Strait

c. Hoodoo

d. Floodplain

27. Oval or round land formation that is elevated from the surrounding areas.

a. Tide

b. Dome

c. Pond

d. Cape



28.

place where running water makes a sheer drop, usually over a cliff.

a. Desert

b. Canal

c. Waterfall

d. Dell

29.

a collapsed are, usually limestone, with exposed water.

a. Cove

b. Climate

c. Cenote

d. Dune



30.

the flow of a stream of water

a. Glen

b. Current

c. Islet

d. Arroyo

31.

A high, steep slope of rock or soil

a. Cove

b. Gulf

c. Coast

d. Cliff



32.

land formation that occurs when sedimentary materials such as rocks, gravel, and silt, aredeposited onto land as a result of decreasing or stopped water flow from a river or streamsource.

a. Bluff

b. Alluvial fan

c. Floodplain

d. Cliff

33.

a flowing part of the river that is separated, usually by an island, and rejoins back down stream.

a. Anabranch

b. Sandbar

c. Marsh

d. Badlands



34.

imaginary lines on a globe or map used to measure distance from the Prime Meridian; linesrunning from pole to pole.

a. Gulf

b. Longitude

c. Pond

d. Continent

35.

a shallow area of a river, lake or stream that has ripples caused usually by a rocky surface.

a. Islet

b. hill

c. Riffle

d. Tide



36.

two separating underwater tectonic plates separating with magma expelling creating mountainranges.

a. Oceanic Plateau

b. Meander

c. Braided River

d. Ocean Range or Mid-Ocean Range

37.

piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water.

a. Channel

b. Ria

c. Plain

d. Peninsula

38. The place where a stream or tributary joins a river

a. Pond

b. Fork

c. Geo

d. Ria



39.

the direction toward a river's source; opposite to the rivers' flow.

a. Port

b. Stream

c. Strait

d. Upstream

40.

a pile of sand created by wind or waves (underwater dunes)

a. Dell

b. Pond

c. Sound

d. Dune

41. A island, usually all rock with little vegetation, that is uninhabitable.

a. Islet

b. Dell

c. hill

d. Delta



42.

a river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream

a. Bornhardt

b. branch (tributary)

c. Beach Ridge

d. Braided River

43.

A cave at the bottom of a glacier.

a. Plateau

b. Beach Ridge

c. Crater Lake

d. Glacier Caves



44.

A river that has three or move channels that come back together or drain into the same body ofwater.

a. Prairie

b. Braided River

c. Ravine

d. Beach Ridge

45.

a large body of water, usually salt water, partly or completely surrounded by land.

a. Mesa

b. Sea

c. Beach

d. Swamp



46.

an island or group of island, usually in the ocean, that protects the nearby mainland coast fromerosion.

a. Flats or flat

b. Barrier Island

c. Dry Lake

d. highland

47.

a deep area of water under the waterfall.

a. Butte

b. Geo

c. Plunge Pool

d. Plateau



48.

an exposed rock range caused by erosion

a. Hogback

b. Lowland

c. ocean

d. Headland

49.

a channel cut in the hillside or mountainside from

a. Gully

b. Valley

c. Glen

d. Butte



50.

a broad, flat or gently rolling area; usually low in elevation.

a. lake

b. Cliff

c. Plain

d. Basin

51.

geothermal heated mud that bubbles like lava in a volcano.

a. Headland

b. Mud Volcano

c. Dirt Cone

d. Island



52.

a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of the water.

a. Port

b. Dam

c. Reef

d. Sea

53.

a creek that is sometimes dry during the year from not having a constant water source such asrain.

a. Cove

b. Forest

c. Fork

d. Arroyo



54.

All the land in each specific ocean.

a. Canal

b. Basin

c. ocean

d. Oceanic Basin

55.

low land between hills or mountains.

a. Inlet

b. Islet

c. Gully

d. Valley



56.

a hole connected to a cave that is attached to a water system that builds up pressure throughwaves, current or wind. When the pressure is great enough, water is release, usually in aspouting manner.

a. Climate

b. Blowhole

c. Gorge

d. Sinkhole

57. A soluble rock landscape shaped through erosion

a. Marsh

b. Fault

c. Dam

d. Karst

58.

a large mass of floating ice that has broken off from a glacier, most of this is underwater

a. Iceberg

b. Cape

c. Harbor

d. Islet



59.

land along the sea or ocean

a. Coast

b. Cuesta

c. Port

d. Cave

60.

a narrow inlet of the sea between high banks or cliffs created by glaciers

a. fjord

b. Geo

c. Forest

d. Dome

61.

one of the seven largest bodies of land on earth

a. Current

b. Continent

c. Coast

d. Longitude



62.

a cone shaped mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up from inside the arth, frequentlywith an opening or depression at the top.

a. Sound

b. Volcano

c. Lowland

d. Hoodoo

63.

an island in a river.

a. Headland

b. River Delta

c. River Island

d. Barrier Island

64.

a small part of a body of water that reaches into a coast

a. Desert

b. Cove

c. Geo

d. Inlet



65.

A rock formation with vertical or nearly vertical sides that is flat on top and taller than it is wide

a. Bay

b. Beach

c. Cave

d. Butte

66.

A slow moving body of water in a low lying area, usually near the coast, with swamp ormarshland in some portions of the shoreline.

a. Bayou

b. Basin

c. Bay

d. Guyot



67.

Collapsed limestone or other softrock that forms a hole on the earth's surface.

a. lake

b. Sinkhole

c. Pothole

d. Canal

68.

a valley with trees.

a. Dell

b. Dome

c. Reef

d. Dam

69. a sold cave tube caused by lava

a. Lava Lake

b. Tide

c. Fault

d. Lava Tube



70.

a deep valley with steep rocks on each side. Also referred to as a valley or canyon.

a. Dome

b. fjord

c. Cove

d. Gorge

71.

area of land covered by lava flow.

a. Latitude

b. Lava Field

c. lake

d. Lava Lake



72.

a major bend in a river or stream

a. Harbor

b. Meander

c. Sandbar

d. ocean

73.

an area of sand or sentiment that has been collecting and rises above or just below the water.

a. Dam

b. Canal

c. Sea

d. Sandbar



74.

a narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water.

a. Sea

b. Strait

c. Swamp

d. Forest

75.

An area of land largely enclosed by higher land.

a. Basin

b. Graben

c. lake

d. Butte

76. a freshwater lake that forms behind a glacier.

a. Proglacial Lake

b. Dry Lake

c. Lava Lake

d. Glacier Caves



77. rock that forms together with a natural rock bridge usually caused by erosion.

a. Terrace

b. Cataract

c. Estuary

d. Natural Arch

78.

narrow valley with steep sides; usually created by erosion

a. Cape

b. Bayou

c. Canyon

d. Bay

79.

The edge of a cliff with a steep slope

a. Barchan

b. Escarpment

c. Estuary

d. Islet



80.

a large plains region with tall grass.

a. Oasis

b. Prairie

c. Cave

d. Moraine

81.

deposits of rock and sediment left from a former or receding glacier

a. Plain

b. Moraine

c. Ravine

d. Strait



82.

is a sand dune that crescent-shape that faces the wind. The convex shape is formed by theconstant blow of wind in one direction.

a. Sandbar

b. Barchan

c. Basin

d. Marsh

83.

flat highland area with one steep face; elevated plain.

a. Plain

b. lake

c. Bayou

d. Plateau



84.

An opening in the ground that ejects hot water and steam due to volcanic activity.

a. Geyser

b. River

c. Desert

d. Glacier

85.

a former meander of a river that has separated into a curved lake.

a. lake

b. Nunatak

c. Oxbow Lake

d. Cape



86.

a large body of slow moving ice which alters the land around it through displacement

a. Meander

b. Glacier

c. lake

d. Glen

87.

is a flat top seamount that is or once had volcanic activity.

a. Gorge

b. Guyot

c. Geyser

d. Karst

88. vertical flowing lava that grows, usually in a sharp tower like shape.

a. Lava Lake

b. Basin

c. Lava Tube

d. Lava Spine



89.

where a river runs into the ocean or other types of salt water.

a. Estuary

b. Island

c. Bay

d. Sea

90.

a narrow inlet in a cliff usually caused by waves or glaciers.

a. Glen

b. Geo

c. Gully

d. Dam

91.

molten lava in a crater or vent. (Like a lake filled with lava)

a. Lava Tube

b. Lava Spine

c. Lava Dome

d. Lava Lake



92. a triangular extension from the coast

a. Waterfall

b. Cuspate Foreland

c. Current

d. Stream

93. Done shape deposit of dirt caused by a glacier.

a. Divide

b. Dirt Cone

c. Dry Lake

d. Cove

94.

a sheltered area of water where ships may anchor safely

a. Harbor

b. Meander

c. lake

d. Dam

95.

a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; extensive wooded area

a. Strait

b. Fork

c. Port

d. Forest



96.

a ground depression between two faults.

a. Basin

b. Reef

c. Ravine

d. Graben

97.

a lake that is dry all year or most of the year with the dry layer being mud or salt.

a. Oxbow Lake

b. Dry Lake

c. Crater Lake

d. Dirt Cone

98.

two separating tectonic plates forming a valley by the land falling.

a. Estuary

b. Rift Valley

c. Ria

d. River Delta



99.

a large area of land extending into a large area of water

a. Sandbar

b. Headland

c. hill

d. Dell

100.

an area of land above the shore that is higher than high tide.

a. Raised Beach

b. Anabranch

c. Sandbar

d. River Delta



101.

a narrow deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water; the deepest part of thewaterway.

a. Channel

b. lake

c. Canyon

d. Plain

102. an are of land completely surrounded by water

a. Island

b. ocean

c. Meander

d. Bluff

103. a floodplain or former floodplain that has a flat ground surface.

a. Crater Lake

b. Lava Lake

c. Flats or flat

d. Cataract

104.

a small bay with a restricted entrance.

a. Cenote

b. Cove

c. Dune

d. River



105.

A irregular shaped rock formation that is tall and pillar-like

a. Pothole

b. Hoodoo

c. Harbor

d. fjord

106.

imaginary lines on a globe or map used to measure distance from the equator; parallel linesrunning east and west

a. lake

b. Tide

c. Latitude

d. Butte



107.

part of a sea or ocean that reaches into land; usually larger than a bay.

a. Geo

b. Gully

c. Reef

d. Gulf

108. the height above sea level

a. River Delta

b. Alluvial fan

c. Altitude (elevation)

d. Cuspate Foreland

109.

land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers

a. Cuesta

b. Dell

c. Delta

d. Sea



110.

a long and deep valley usually with steep sides. See also dale and valley.

a. hill

b. ocean

c. River

d. Glen

111.

A valley that is above another valley usually separated by a cliff.

a. Canal

b. Rift Valley

c. Ravine

d. Hanging Valley



112.

a rock formation with steep or vertical sides and a round or dome-shaped top usually with littleor no vegetation.

a. Bornhardt

b. Nunatak

c. Beach Ridge

d. Terrace

113. a wide channel connecting two bodies of water or an inlet between the mainland and islands

a. Sound

b. Pond

c. Dune

d. Island

114.

place where a river empties into a larger body of water; the end of a river

a. Pothole

b. Moraine

c. Mouth (of a river)

d. Pit Crater



115.

a flat area of land like a step on landforms like a mountain, valley or beach.

a. Graben

b. Terrace

c. Beach

d. lake

116.

a rise in the ground or volcano caused by lava going through vents in the earth.

a. Lava Spine

b. Lava Dome

c. Dome

d. Dirt Cone



117.

a large stream of water flowing through the land into a lake, ocean, or other body of water.

a. Glen

b. Reef

c. Ria

d. River

118. Beach formation in the form of an arc with a cusp or point at each end

a. Oasis

b. Beach Cusps

c. Badlands

d. Beach Ridge

119.

a group of sand dunes usually found in a desert.

a. Reef

b. Dune

c. Erg

d. Marsh



120.

A depression or a major loss in vegetation in the ground where the wind has blown away sand ortopsoil.

a. Lowland

b. Hoodoo

c. Bluff

d. Blowout

121.

a man-made waterway connecting two bodies of water and is designed to shorten travel time orirrigate

a. Bayou

b. Canal

c. Marsh

d. hill



122.

a curved or hooked piece of land extending into a body of water

a. Coast

b. Cape

c. Dune

d. River

123. a land formation having a relatively flat top and steep rock walls

a. Ria

b. Mesa

c. Reef

d. Erg

124.

an area of low and usually level land

a. Sound

b. Lowland

c. ocean

d. Headland



125.

the pattern of weather conditions (temperature, precipitation) over a long period of time

a. Climate

b. Arête

c. Crevasse

d. Divide

126.

A curve like a bay landform that that has less curve than a bay.

a. Bight

b. Guyot

c. hill

d. Geo



127.

a part of a river, generally shallow, where the currents move swiftly over rocks.

a. Basin

b. Rapids

c. Ravine

d. Tide

128.

half of the earth usually referred to as eastern or western; northern or southern

a. River

b. Estuary

c. hemisphere

d. Geyser



129.

a hallow space in the ground or mountain with an opening to enter.

a. River

b. Cape

c. lake

d. Cave

130.

Is where two or more arêtes meet and form a pyramid shape on top of a mountain.

a. Pyramidal Peak

b. Prairie

c. Oceanic Plateau

d. Raised Beach

131.

the direction of a river's flow; toward the mouth of the river

a. Stream

b. Downstream

c. Bornhardt

d. Strait



132.

a smaller form of a valley with steep sides.

a. Riffle

b. Prairie

c. Ravine

d. Cape

133.

barren, battered and eroded land from water and shaped with the help of wearing and wind-driven sand and rain.

a. Badlands

b. Barchan

c. Basin

d. highland



134.

high, rocky land, usually with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top, higher than a hill

a. Moraine

b. Plain

c. Mountain

d. Mountain Pass

135.

a wetland with grasses and little or no trees

a. Marsh

b. Mesa

c. Bay

d. Barchan



136.

the highest point in a mountain range that is passable by foot.

a. Mountain Pass

b. Plunge Pool

c. Mountain

d. Continent

137.

a fracture in the rocks along which there has been movement

a. Gulf

b. Forest

c. Sound

d. Fault



138.

Chain of seamounts under the ocean created by a hotspot under the Earth's crust

a. hemisphere

b. Beach Ridge

c. Aseismic Ridge

d. Divide

139.

All the water in the river exiting at a point usually into another water system like the ocean, lakeor another river.

a. Drainage Basin

b. Lava Spine

c. Graben

d. Braided River



140.

a small, narrow river

a. Reef

b. Glen

c. ocean

d. Stream

141.

a long chain of mountains; a row of connected mountains

a. Nunatak

b. Mountain Range

c. Aseismic Ridge

d. Anabranch



142.

largest body of salt water; these cover 3/4 of the earth's surface.

a. Sea

b. Reef

c. Dell

d. ocean

143.

Two or more bodies of water meet and their waters mix.

a. Cuesta

b. Sound

c. Moraine

d. Confluence



144.

a cliff looking over a body of water or plain.

a. Bluff

b. Bayou

c. Gulf

d. Fault

145. an elevated area of the seafloor that is higher than the surrounding area.

a. Pyramidal Peak

b. Plateau

c. Oceanic Basin

d. Oceanic Plateau

146.

man-made place along the coastline where ships can load and unload cargo; not a naturalharbor.

a. Pond

b. Marsh

c. Cove

d. Port



147.

dry, barren region usually sandy and without trees, little rainfall or practical use of land unlessirrigated

a. Geyser

b. Desert

c. Inlet

d. Dell

148.

the regular rising and falling of the water of the oceans and waters connected to the ocean.

a. Tide

b. Latitude

c. Cove

d. hill



149.

the place where a river or stream begins.

a. Plunge Pool

b. Moraine

c. Source (of a river)

d. Cove

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