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TOPICS 3-4 /Water Terms
/ BLM 5-14VOCABULARY CHECK
Goal•Review your understanding of terms in Topics 3-4.
What to Do
Match each description in column A with the correct term in column B. Place the letter for the
term on the line beside the description.
B
___ 1.large ripples set in motion by steady winds___ 2.smooth waves caused by faraway storms
___ 3.parts of the ocean that reach into the land
___ 4.the difference in level between a high tide and a low tide
___ 5.long undersea mountain chains that run along the centre of the oceans
___ 6.large submarine mountain peaks
___ 7.steep submarine canyons
___ 8.wide, open features of the deep ocean
___ 9.feature that plunges at a steep angle to the floor of the
ocean basin
___ 10.process of wearing away of rock or soil
___ 11.amount of eroded material carried by a stream
___ 12.process of dropping sediments as a stream slows
___ 13.water found beneath the surface of Earth
___ 14.large underground water reservoir
___ 15.point on the land where water runs into different
drainage basins
___ 16.area where a river originates / (a)trenches
(b)tidal range
(c)swells
(d)waves
(e)abyssal plains
(f)mid-ocean ridges
(g)continental slope
(h)bays
(i)seamounts
(j)divide
(k)deposition
(l)headwaters
(m)erosion
(n)aquifer
(o)sediment load
(p)groundwater
(q)flood plain
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