Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| bay | part of a large body of water that extends into the shorline
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| channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other
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| elevation | height above sea level
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| landform | individual features of the land
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| gulf | part of a large body of water that enstends inland; larger than a bay
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| harbor | a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
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| island | land completely surrounded by water
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| lake | a sizeable inland body of water
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| mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply (1000 feet or more) from surrounding land
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| mountain range | a series of connected mountains
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| peninsula | body of land jutting out into a lake or an ocean surrounded by three sides of water
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| plain | area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass
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| plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-30,000 feet high
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| physical feature | characteristics of a place-naturally occuring like landforms, climate, resources
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| river | large natural stream of water that runs through land
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| sea | large body of water partially or completely surrounded by land
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| straight | narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
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| ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
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| volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth
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| valley | area of lowland between hills and mountains
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
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