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100
What is a mountain with vents through which molten lava, ash, and gas erupts called?
volcano
100
What is a body of water nearly surrounded by land?
bay
100
What is a piece of land completely surrounded by water called?
island
100
What are the smallest streams called?
brooks
100
What is a large area of flat land that is covered with wild grasses called?
prairie
200
What are the low hills at the base of a mountain called?
foothills
200
What is a small body of water that is surrounded by land on 3 sides?
gulf
200
A high, rounded area of earth is called a what?
hill
200
What are the middle-sized streams called?
creeks
200
Broad, flat land with little trees is called what?
plain
300
What is a deep valley with steep sides called?
canyon
300
What is a large stream of fresh water that flows to a lake or ocean or another large stream?
river
300
The land that rises high above the land and has steep sides is called what?
mountains
300
What is a large inland body of salty water called?
sea
300
What is a dry land where few people live and little grows called?
desert
400
What is a long area of land called that has water on 3 of its sides?
peninsula
400
What are the Earth's largest bodies of salt water called?
oceans
400
What are the low lands between mountains or hills called?
valley
400
What is the largest river in the United States?
Mississippi River
400
What is a top or point of land that extends into the water called?
cape
500
What is a hill or mountain with steep sides and a flat top and stands by itself called?
butte
500
What is a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water called?
strait
500
What is a hill or mountains with steep sides and a flat top called?
mesa
500
What is a large body of fresh water with land all around it called?
lake
500
Land built by deposits of soil at the mouth of the river is called a what?
delta