5th grade quiz
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| Bay | an extension of a sea or ocean into the land |
| Canal | an artificial waterway |
| Cape | a point of land projecting into a sea or an ocean |
| Desert | an arid region that receives little precipitation |
| Glacier | a huge mass of ice originating from a compacted snow |
| Isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses |
| Legend | a series of symbols and their meanings describing features of a map |
| Peninsula | a long projection of land into water,connected to the mainland by an isthmus |
| Butte | an isolated hill or small mountain with steep sides and a flat top |
| Degree | a measure of distance equal to 1/360th of the circumference of the earth |
| Gulf | a large part of an ocean that extends into the land |
| Latitude | a measurement of distance north or south of the equator expressd as degrees the equator is 0 latitude |
| Longitude | a measurement of distance east or west of an imaginary line running through Greenwich, England, expressed as degree Greenwich is 0 longitude |
| Minute | a measurement of distance equal to 1/60th of a degree; one degree equals 60 minutes |
| Prairie | a large, level tract of grassland |
| Rapids | usually a shallow part of an river with a fast current |
| River delta | a wide,alluvial mouth of a river |
| Swamp | a wet,spongy land sometimes partially underwater |
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