Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Mound, hill, or ridge of sand heaped up by the
wind
a. | mesa | c. | desert | b. | butte | d. | dune |
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Part of an ocean or lake that curves deeply into the
land
a. | reef | c. | strait | b. | delta | d. | bay |
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Smaller river that flows
into a larger river
a. | channel | c. | estuary | b. | tributary | d. | canal |
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Pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea,
ocean, lake or river
a. | cape | c. | island | b. | cliff | d. | reef |
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Rounded raised landform; not as high as a
mountain
a. | plateau | c. | hill | b. | butte | d. | atoll |
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Line or altitude above
which no trees grow
a. | plain | c. | desert | b. | timberline | d. | mountain |
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Large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or
mountain
a. | mesa | c. | valley | b. | canyon | d. | cave |
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Narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of
water
a. | strait | c. | tributary | b. | fjord | d. | isthmus |
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Fertile area in a desert that is watered by a
spring
a. | tundra | c. | prairie | b. | oasis | d. | valley |
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Small flat-topped hill; smaller than a mesa or
plateau
a. | hill | c. | tundra | b. | dune | d. | butte |
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Area of elevated flat land
a. | plateau | c. | hill | b. | tundra | d. | mountain |
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Huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the
land
a. | geyser | c. | glacier | b. | atoll | d. | tundra |
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High landform with steep
sides; higher than a hill
a. | mountain | c. | canyon | b. | archipelago | d. | fjord |
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Starting point of a river
a. | delta | c. | mouth | b. | source | d. | ocean |
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Land made of silt left behind as a river drains into
a larger body of water
a. | delta | c. | source | b. | swamp | d. | lagoon |
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Natural hot spring that occasionally sprays water
and steam above the ground
a. | estuary | c. | marsh | b. | geyser | d. | volcano |
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Opening in the earth’s surface through which
hot rock and ash are forced out
a. | basin | c. | cave | b. | volcano | d. | geyser |
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Body of land nearly
surrounded by water
a. | fjord | c. | island | b. | peninsula | d. | atoll |
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Large body of salt water
that is often connected to an ocean; may be partly or completely surrounded by
land
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Wall built across a river, creating a lake that
stores water
a. | canal | c. | cliff | b. | basin | d. | dam |
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