MPCS - Intro to Geography
Geography quiz 1
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- hemispheres
- using the equator and prime meridian we can divide the earth into four of these
- mountain
- land with steep sides and a sharp rise from the surrounding land; larger and more rugged than a hill
- sound
- body of water between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast
- mouth
- the place where a river empties into a larger body of water
- relief
- changes in elevation over a given area of land
- glacier
- large, thick, slow moving bodies of ice
- tributary
- a smaller river that flows into a larger river; a branch of a river
- channel
- wide straight waterway between two land masses; very deep part of a river or other waterway
- canal
- a manmade waterway connecting two larger bodies of water
- peninsula
- body of land that juts out into water and three sides are surrounded by water (Italy/Florida)
- sea level
- position on land level with the surface of nearby ocean or sea
- lowland
- land at a low elevation; usually level
- physical feature
- characteristic of a place occurring naturally such as a landform; body of water; climate pattern
- equator
- imaginary line/belt that is the halfway line between north and south poles
- latitude
- runs east to west
- mountain peak
- pointed top of a mountain
- sea coast
- land lying next to an ocean or sea
- cape
- point of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean
- ocean
- one of the four major bodes of salt water that surround the continents
- cliff
- steep high wall of rock, earth or ice
- delta
- flat, low lying land formed from soil carried downstream from a river and deposited a the mouth
- absolute location
- exact location of a place on the earth described by its lat & long (coordinates)
- source
- a starting point of a river; often in highlands
- cultural feature
- characteristics that humans have created in a place such as language; religion, housing, food
- island
- a landmass that is completely surrounded by water
- valley
- a stretch of lowland lying between hills
- divide
- stretch of high land that separates river systems
- map
- drawing of the earth on a flat surface
- canyon
- a long narrow valley between steep walls
- gulf
- part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline; larger and deeper than a bay (Gulf of Mexico)
- geography
- the study of the early in all its variety
- sea
- large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
- plain
- area of level land usually low elevation and often covered with grasses
- degrees
- measurement used between lat & long lines
- basin
- area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation
- longitude
- runs north to south
- mesa
- a flat top landford with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
- volcano
- mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupts inside the earth
- plateau
- area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation
- harbor
- a sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely
- lake
- a sizable inland body of water; body water completely surrounded by land
- prime meridian
- runs through greenwich england; it is 0 degrees longitude
- isthmus
- a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies
- highland
- elevated land area such as a hill, mountain or plateau
- river
- large natural stream of water that runs through the land
- bay
- a smaller version of a gulf; part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline
- strait
- a waterway connecting two larger bodies of water
- upstream
- direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream
- parallel
- one of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or south of the equator; used to measure latitude
- hill
- elevated land with sloping sides and rounded; smaller than a mountain
- continent
- one of seven large landmasses on the earth
- meridians
- another name for longitudes lines
- ocean current
- stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean