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9 ("You Can Do It") 2 (Checkmate) 5 (I hope you get this right) 8 (I am a Mad Island) 15 (Queen of the Greeks) 10 (Spanish Word for Green) 20 (So are the SANds of time) |
18 ( all you need is the country) 12 (You might not Survive) 16 (Its one "bad" cave) 3 (Pan and your Ma) 7 (don't forget your vacuum) 17 (4th book in the The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Series) |
27( Don't get caught in a loop) 28 (Mr. Raines likes this) 29 (Four heads are better than one) 4 (spell it fast) 13 (a priest stands on one) 14 (Yankee doodle dandy) 23 (Kids laugh when they here this name) |
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Geography Terms |
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Archipelago = a group or chain of many islands |
Dune = a mound or ridge of loose sand shaped by blowing winds |
Mountain = a land mass that projects clearly above its surroundings and is higher than a hill |
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Atoll = a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon |
Fjord = a long, narrow inlet or arm of the ocean bordered by high cliffs |
Ocean = any of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is divided |
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Badlands = A region marked by intricate erosional sculpturing, scanty vegetation, and fantastically formed hills |
Forest = a dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large area |
Peninsula = a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water |
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Bay = a small area of sea or lake partly enclosed by dry land |
Geyser = a hot geothermal spring that shots scalding water and steam high into the air |
Plain = a large, flat or level area of land |
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Beach = a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments |
Glacier = a large mass of slowly moving ice |
Plateau = an elevated, mostly level area of land |
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Butte = an isolated, rocky hill or mountain with a small flat top |
Gulf = a large inlet of ocean or sea that is partially surrounded by land |
Prairie = a large area of grasslands in the U.S. |
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Canal = an artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land |
Hill = a usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain |
River = a natural stream of water of usually considerable volume |
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Canyon = a deep, steep-sided narrow valley...small versions of these are chasms, gorges, or ravines |
Iceberg = a large mass of land ice floating in the sea |
Sea = a body of salt water of second rank more or less landlocked |
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Cape = a fairly large piece of land extending into a body of water...small _____ are often called points or spits |
Island = a piece of land completely surrounded by water |
Sound = an arm of the sea, or ocean, forming a wide channel between an island and the mainland; the ocean inlet is roughly parallel to the coast |
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Cave = a natural underground chamber or series of chambers open to the surface |
Isthmus = a narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land and narrowly separates two large bodies of water |
Swamp = a marsh with trees...contain more water and deeper water than marshes |
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Channel = a man-made channel of water joining lakes or rivers, or connecting them with the sea |
Jungle = an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation |
Tundra = a huge treeless plain bordering the Arctic Ocean |
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Cliff = a very steep or vertical slope |
Lagoon = a shallow body of water separated from the ocean by reefs or low strips of land |
Valley = a long, narrow hollow in the Earth's surface lying between two higher areas |
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Continent = one of the seven great divisions of land on the globe |
Lake = a large inland body of water larger than a pond |
Volcano = an opening in the Earth from which hot gases, smoke and molten lava are emitted |
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Delta = the area of sediments formed at the mouth of a river |
Marsh = a low, water-soaked, poorly drained area with thick tall grasses and reeds |
Waterfall = a very steep descent of the water of a stream |
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Desert = a barren land area containing little or no vegetation |
Dam = a body of water confined by a barrier | Mesa = an isolated flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau |
| Strait = a narrow space or passage | Harbor = a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish a port | Reef = a chain of rocks or coral or a ridge of sand at or near the surface of water |
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Fault = a fracture in the crust of a planet |
Crater = a depression formed by the impact of a meteorite | |