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Question | Answer |
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What is a strait? | A —— is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. |
What is a prairie? | A ——is a wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees. |
What is a gulf? | A —— is a part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land. |
What is a isthmus? | An —— is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. An —— has water on two sides. |
What is a peninsula ? | A —— is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides. |
What is a plain? | —— are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation. |
What is a plateau ? | A ——is a large, flat area of land that is higher than than the surrounding land. |
What is a archipelago? | An ——is a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean. |
What is a atoll? | An ——is a ring of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea. |
What is a bay? | A —— is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land. |
What is a cape? | A —— is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river. |
What is a cay? | A —— is a low lying sandy island atop a reef. |
What is a channel? | A —— is a is a body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. |
What is a cove? | A ——is a small house-shoe shaped body of water along the coast; the water is surrounded by land formed by soft rock. |
What is a estuary? | An —— is where a river meets the ocean. |
What is a fjord? | A ——is a long, narrow sea inlet that is bordered by steep cliffs. |
What is a gulf? | A —— is a part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land. |