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Social Studies
Landforms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | An archipelago is a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean |
| Atoll | An atoll is a ring of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea |
| Bay | A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed by land |
| Cape | A cape is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake or river |
| Cay | A cay is a low-lying sandy island atop a reef |
| Channel | A channel is a body of water that can mix two larger body’s of water |
| Cove | a cove is a small horseshoe shaped body of water along the coast the water surrounded by land formed of soft rock |
| Estuary | An Estuary is where a river meets the ocean |
| Fjord | a Fjord is a long narrow sea inlet that is bordered by steep cliffs |
| Gulf | A gulf is a part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land |
| Isthmus | An Isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses an Isthmus had water on 2 sides |
| Peninsula | A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| Plain | Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation |
| Plateau | A Plateau is a large flat area land that is higher than the surrounding land |
| Prairie | a prairie is a wide relatively flat area if land that has grasses and only a few trees |
| Strait | A strait is a narrow body of water that connects its two larger bodies of water |
| Landform | A natural feature of the earths surface |