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FinalExam Review 2&3
Chapter 2&3 Terms
| Term | Definition | Chapter |
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| Channel | Wide strait or waterway between 2 landmasses that lie close to each other | 2 |
| Elevation | Height above sea level | 2 |
| Landform | Individual features of the land | 2 |
| Gulf | Part of a large body of water that extends inland; larger than a bay | 2 |
| Harbor | A sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely | 2 |
| Hurricane | Violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall | 2 |
| Island | Land completely surrounded by water | 2 |
| Lake | A sizeable inland body of water | 2 |
| Mountain | Land with steep sides that rise sharply (1,000 ft or more) from surrounding land | 2 |
| Mountain Range | A series of connected mountains | 2 |
| Peninsula | Body of land juttingout into a lake or an ocean surrounded on 3 sides by water | 2 |
| Plain | Area of low land at low elevation; covered with grass | 2 |
| Plateau | Flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 300-3,000 ft high | 2 |
| Physical Feature | Characteristics of place-naturally occurring like landforms,climate,and resources | 2 |
| River | Large natural stream of water that runsthrough land | 2 |
| Sea | Large body of water partially or competely surrounded by land | 2 |
| Strait | Narrow stretch ofwater joining 2 larger bodies of water | 2 |
| Ocean | 1 one the 4 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents | 2 |
| Volcano | Mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth | 2 |
| Valley | Area of lowland between hills and mountains | 2 |
| Climate | Usual predicatble pattern of weather over a long period of time | 3 |
| Current | Moving streams of water in the world's oceans; affects climate | 3 |
| Hurricane | Voilent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall | 3 |
| High-Latitude Climate | Cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole to 60 degrees south to the South Pole | 3 |
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| Bay | Part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline | 2 |