What is a body of water between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast?
100
volcano
What is a mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupts from inside the earth?
100
upstream
What is the direction opposite the flow of a river; toward the source of a river or stream?
100
mountain peak
What is a pointed top of a mountain?
100
parallel
What is one af many lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or south of the equator; used to measure degrees of latitude?
200
seacoast
What is the name of land lying next to a sea or ocean?
200
mountain
What is land with steep sides that rises sharply from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill?
200
straight
What is a narrow stretch of water joining two bodies of water?
200
Plain
What is an area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses?
200
prime meridian
What is a line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich,England;starting poin for measuring degrees of east and west longitude?
300
ocean
What is one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents?
300
mountain range
What is a series of connected mountains called?
300
sea level
What is a position on land with the surface of a nearby ocean or sea?
300
physical feature
What is a characteristic of place occurring naturally, such as a landform,body of water,climate pattern, or resource?
300
absolute location
What is an exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates?
400
Ocean current
What is a stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean?
400
plateau
What is an area of flat or rolling land at high elevation, about 300-3,000 ft. high?
400
mouth
What is a place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water?
400
mesa
What is a broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau?
400
latitude
What is the distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees?
500
Tributary
What is a small river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream;a branch of the river?
500
Relief
What are changes in elevation over an area of land?
500
source
What is a place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands?
500
isthmus
What is a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas?
500
meridian
What is one of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longitude?