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Q1 Review Deck
All Q1 topics for final exam
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General Vocab
7th Grade
11/01/2009

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Term
strait
Definition
A narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water
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archipelago
Definition
A large group or chain of islands
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atoll
Definition
A ring-shaped string of coral islands that encloses or nearly encloses a shallow lagoon
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tundra
Definition
A vast, nearly level, treeless plain found in the arctic regions
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fjord
Definition
A long, narrow inlet of the sea usually formed by the erosion of a glacier
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butte
Definition
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
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glacier
Definition
A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting
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isthmus
Definition
a narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
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lagoon
Definition
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
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peninsula
Definition
a large body of land that projects into a body of water
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